Evaluation of take-home organophosphorus pesticide exposure among agricultural workers and their children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Curl, Cynthia L ^a   Fenske, Richard A ^a   Kissel, John C ^a   Shirai, Jeffry H ^a   Moate, Thomas F ^b   Griffith, William ^a   Coronado, Gloria ^c   Thompson, Beti ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Formerly of SNBL USA Ltd   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologic monitoring; Children; Dialkylphosphate metabolites; Dust; Exposure; Organophosphorus pesticides; Takehome

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; AZINPHOS METHYL; CREATININE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; METABOLITE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036908936     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.021100787     Document Type: Article

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