Risk behaviors for pesticide exposure among pregnant women living in farmworker households in Salinas, California

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 491-499

  Goldman, Lisa ^a   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a   Bradman, Asa ^a   Jewell, Nicholas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmwork; Maternal health; Migrant health; Take home pesticide exposure

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BATH; BEHAVIOR; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SHOE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 2642571838     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20012     Document Type: Article

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