Evaluation of potential dermal exposure of pesticide spray operators in greenhouses by use of visible tracers

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Machera, Kyriaki ^a   Kapetanakis, Evangelos ^b   Charistou, Agathi ^a   Goumenaki, Eleni ^b   Glass, Richard Christer ^c  

^a BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dye tracers; Greenhouse; Operator exposure

Indexed keywords

DYES; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); GLASS FIBERS; GREENHOUSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPRAYING;

INHALATION EXPOSURE;

PESTICIDES;

GLASS FIBER; PESTICIDE; TRACER;

GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CUCUMBER; EXPOSURE; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; TOMATO;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AZO COMPOUNDS; COLORING AGENTS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HUMANS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0036234008     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PFC-120002983     Document Type: Article

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