Acute illnesses associated with pesticide exposure at schools

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 455-465

  Alarcon, Walter A ^a   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a   Blondell, Jerome M ^b   Mehler, Louise N ^c   Sievert, Jennifer ^d   Propeck, Maria ^d   Tibbetts, Dorothy S ^e   Becker, Alan ^f   Lackovic, Michelle ^g   Soileau, Shannon B ^g   Das, Rupali ^h   Beckman, John ⁱ   Male, Dorilee P ^j   Thomsen, Catherine L ^k   Stanbury, Martha ^l  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^k OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^l MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; ACUTE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MALE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22844443859     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.4.455     Document Type: Article

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