Farm Family Exposure Study: Methods and recruitment practices for a biomonitoring study of pesticide exposure

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 491-499

  Baker, Beth A ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^b   Mandel, Jack S ^c   Acquavella, John F ^d   Honeycutt, Richard ^e   Chapman, Pamela ^f  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^e HERAC   (United States)

^f CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring chlorpyrifos; Pesticide exposure glyphosate; Urine pesticides 2; 4 D

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CHLORPYRIFOS; GLYPHOSATE; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; SPOUSE; TIME; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAMILY; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; PESTICIDES; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 27844550826     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: 14765519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500427     Document Type: Article

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