Chronic illness as a result of low-level exposure to synthetic pyrethroid insecticides: A review of the debate

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 697-706

  Kolaczinski, J H ^a   Curtis, C F ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Control; Health; Insecticide; ITN; Malaria; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MASS MEDIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PYRETHRINS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642287729     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2003.12.008     Document Type: Review

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