Workplace carcinogen and pesticide exposures in Costa Rica

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-111

  Partanen, Timo ^a   Chaves, Jorge ^b   Wesseling, Catharina ^a   Chaverri, Fabio ^a   Monge, Patricia ^a   Ruepert, Clemens ^a   Aragón, Aurora ^c   Kogevinas, Manolis ^d   Hogstedt, Christer ^e   Kauppinen, Timo ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c Universidad Autonoma de Nicaragua León   (Nicaragua)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; CAREX; Costa Rica; Pesticides; Workplace exposures

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; CHLOROTHALONIL; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; DIQUAT; FORMALDEHYDE; LEAD; MANCOZEB; MANEB; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE; ZINEB;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARPENTER; CATERING SERVICE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DIESEL ENGINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FISHING; FORESTRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WOOD DUST; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

CARCINOGENS; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

EID: 0043287935     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2003.9.2.104     Document Type: Article

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