Symptom complaints following aerial spraying with biological insecticide Foray 48B

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1170, 2003, Pages

  Petrie, Keith J ^a   Thomas, Mark ^a   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROAT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037436716     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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