Comparison of pesticide levels in carpet dust and self-reported pest treatment practices in four US sites

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-83

  Colt, Joanne S ^a   Lubin, Jay ^a   Camann, David ^b   Davis, Scott ^c   Cerhan, James ^d   Severson, Richard K ^e   Cozen, Wendy ^f   Hartge, Patricia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpet dust; Exposure assessment; Pesticides; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CHLORDANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DICAMBA; DIMPYLATE; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PROPOXUR;

ADULT; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHY; HOME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PEST MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VACUUM; WEED;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 1442275807     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500307     Document Type: Article

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