Hazard identification and risk assessment of pyrethroids in the indoor environment

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 193-199

  Pauluhn, Jürgen ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hazard identification; House dust; Indoor environment; Pyrethroids; Risk assessment; Sensory irritation

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY NERVE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; IRRITANTS; PYRETHRINS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033063359     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(99)00047-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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