Mixed-effect models for evaluating multiple measures of atrazine exposure among custom applicators

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 274-283

  Hines, Cynthia J ^a   Deddens, James A ^a,b   Lu, Chensheng ^c   Fenske, Richard ^d   Striley, Cynthia A F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Biological monitoring; Immunoassay; Mixed effect models; Saliva; Urine

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIGH; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATRAZINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HANDWASHING; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645752549     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620600637366     Document Type: Article

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