Exposure misclassification in studies of agricultural pesticides: Insights from biomonitoring

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Acquavella, John F ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^b   Mandel, Jack S ^c   Burns, Carol J ^d   Gustin, Christophe ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; URINE LEVEL; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 33644877127     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000190603.52867.22     Document Type: Article

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