Pesticide exposures in professional turf applicators, job titles, and tasks performed: Implications of exposure measurement error for epidemiologic study design and interpretation of results

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-216

  Harris, Shelley A ^a,b   Sass Kortsak, Andrea M ^b   Corey, Paul N ^b   Purdham, James T ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,4 D; Biological monitoring; Employer records; Epidemiology; Exposure measurement; Job titles; Measurement error; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GLOVE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 24944487337     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20202     Document Type: Article

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