Introduction - The methyl parathion story: A chronicle of misuse and preventable human exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2002, Pages 1037-1040

  Rubin, Carol ^a   Esteban, Emilio ^a   Hill Jr , Robert H ^a   Pearce, Ken ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Lorain County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Methyl parathion; Organophosphate; p nitrophenol; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION METHYL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036993980     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110s61037     Document Type: Review

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