A critique of the World Resources Institute's report 'Pesticides and the immune system: The public health risks'

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 51-54

  Acquavella, John ^a   Burns, Carol ^b   Flahorty, Dennis ^a   Holsapple, Michael ^b   Kimber, Ian ^c   Ladics, Gregory ^d   Loveless, Scott ^d   Tobia, Abraham ^e   McCarthy, J ^f  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^e BASF Company   (United States)

^f American Crop Protection Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune effects; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICOLOGY; USSR;

EID: 0031892653     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9810651     Document Type: Short Survey

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