Laundering protocols for chlorpyrifos residue removal from pest control operators' overalls

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-101

  Fitzgerald, R H ^a   Manley Harris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ELUTION; EMULSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAUNDRY; PEST CONTROL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CHLORPYRIFOS; DECONTAMINATION; DETERGENTS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LAUNDERING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 26844505811     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0723-y     Document Type: Article

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