Biomonitoring of exposure in farmworker studies

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 936-942

  Barr, Dana B ^a   Thomas, Kent ^b   Curwin, Brian ^c   Landsittel, Doug ^d   Raymer, James ^e   Lu, Chensheng ^f   Donnelly, K C ^g   Acquavella, John ^h  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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

^d DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^h MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Blood; Farmworker; Urine

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; TIME; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; SKIN;

EID: 33745020148     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8527     Document Type: Article

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