Seasonal pesticide use in a rural community on the US/Mexico border

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 473-478

  Freeman, Natalie C G ^a,d   Shalat, Stuart L ^a   Black, Kathleen ^a   Jimenez, Marta ^a   Donnelly, Kirby C ^b   Calvin, A ^b   Ramirez, Juan ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TDI Brooks International   (United States)

^d EOHSI   (United States)

Author keywords

Border; Exposure; Hispanic; Organophosphate pesticides; Pyrethroid pesticides; Rodenticides; Triazine pesticides

Indexed keywords

AZINPHOS METHYL; FONOFOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; SIMAZINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COCKROACH; FAMILY; HOME; HOUSE DUST; INFANCY; INSECT CONTROL; KITCHEN; MEXICO; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RODENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEXICO; PESTICIDES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TEXAS;

BLATTARIA; COLONIA; FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 11144300750     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500346     Document Type: Article

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