Exposure misclassification of household pesticides and risk perception and behaviour

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 703-709

  Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a   Grey, Charlotte N B ^a   Golding, Jean ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Exposure misclassification; Pesticides; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; EXPOSURE MISCLASSIFICATION; GARDEN PESTICIDES; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PESTICIDE USE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK AVERSE;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK PERCEPTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDES; SURVEYS;

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SELF REPORT;

ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; PESTICIDES; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 27944474002     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei033     Document Type: Article

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