Pesticide illness, farm practices, and neurological symptoms among farm residents in Colorado

Environmental Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-97

  Stallones, Lorann ^a   Beseler, Cheryl ^b  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurological symptoms; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; HEALTH IMPACT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036796824     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2002.4398     Document Type: Article

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