Urinalysis of atrazine exposure in farm pesticide applicators

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 285-290

  Perry, Melissa J ^a   Christiani, David C ^a   Mathew, John ^b   Degenhardt, David ^b   Tortorelli, James ^b   Strauss, John ^b   Sonzogni, William C ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

atrazine urinalysis; herbicides; occupational exposure; pesticides; triazines

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; AGROCHEMICALS; ATRAZINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034407506     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823370001600705     Document Type: Article

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