Exposure of air blast applicators to ethyl parathion and methyl parathion in orchards: A comparison of australian conditions to overseas predictive exposure models

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 242-251

  Yeung, Paul ^a   Cantrell, Phillip ^b   Murdoch, Cheryl ^a   Rogers, Alan ^c   Apthorpe, Linda ^a   Vickers, Carolyn ^a   Conaty, Gary ^a  

^a Worksafe Australia   (Australia)

^b New South Wales WorkCover Authority   (Australia)

^c Alan Rogers OH and S Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; CREATININE; PARATHION; PARATHION METHYL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKIN ABSORPTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031925954     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1998.10390075     Document Type: Article

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