Safety Practices, Neurological Symptoms, and Pesticide Poisoning

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1079-1086

  Beseler, Cheryl ^b   Stallones, Lorann ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DICHLORVOS; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PHOSMET; TERBUFOS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; READING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COLORADO; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAFETY; SMOKING;

EID: 0242289652     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000085894.87332.36     Document Type: Article

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