Lessons learned for the assessment of children's pesticide exposure: Critical sampling and analytical issues for future studies

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1455-1462

  Fenske, Richard A ^a   Bradman, Asa ^b   Whyatt, Robin M ^c   Wolff, Mary S ^d   Barr, Dana B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Exposure; GPS; Organophosphates; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PESTICIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844442991     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7674     Document Type: Article

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