Environmental and biological monitoring of exposure to mancozeb, ethylenethiourea, and dimethoate during industrial formulation

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-281

  Aprea, Cristina ^a   Sciarra, Gianfranco ^a   Sartorelli, Pietro ^a   Mancini, Rossana ^b   Di Luca, Vincenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b USL 7   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CREATININE; DIMETHOATE; MANCOZEB; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EMPLOYEE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; CARCINOGENS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DIMETHOATE; ETHYLENETHIOUREA; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INSECTICIDES; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MANEB; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ZINEB;

EID: 0032548819     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009841098159277     Document Type: Article

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