Studying health outcomes in farmworker populations exposed to pesticides

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 953-960

  McCauley, Linda A ^a   Anger, W Kent ^b   Keifer, Matthew ^c   Langley, Rick ^d   Robson, Mark G ^e   Rohlman, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cancer; Epidemiology; Health outcomes; Immigrants; Neurobehavioral; Neuropathy; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANALYTIC METHOD; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VOMITING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PESTICIDES;

EID: 33745054088     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8526     Document Type: Review

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