A model for predicting the frequency of high pesticide exposure events in the agricultural health study

Environmental Research

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-71

  Mage, David T ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^b   Sandler, Dale P ^c   McDonnell, Cheryl J ^d   Kross, Burt ^e   Rowland, Andrew ^c   Blair, Aaron ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d SRA Technologies Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental exposures; Exposure assessment; Farmers; Pesticide poisoning; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034124623     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.4032     Document Type: Article

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