Organophosphate pesticide exposure in farmworker family members in western North Carolina and Virginia: Case comparisons

Human Organization

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-51

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a,b,c   Quandt, Sara A ^a,b   Rao, Pamela ^a   Doran, Alicia M ^a   Snively, Beverly M ^a   Barr, Dana B ^d   Hoppin, Jane A ^b,e   Davis, Stephen W ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmworker families; Migrant and seasonal farmworkers; Organophosphate pesticide metabolites; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18544367183     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.64.1.t8t156m6mf3w5bp3     Document Type: Article

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