Pesticide use and practices in an Iowa farm family pesticide exposure study

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 423-433

  Curwin, Brian ^a,b   Sanderson, Wayne ^a   Reynolds, Stephen ^c   Hein, Misty ^b   Alavanja, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Exposure factors; Pesticides; PPE

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TOXICITY; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL);

FARMERS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCIDES; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TOXICITY; TRACTORS;

ZEA MAYS;

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036827510     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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