High pesticide exposure events among farmers and spouses enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-116

  Bell, Erin M ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^b   Alavanja, Michael C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Agricultural pesticides; Pesticide exposure events

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 33646401544     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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