Organophosphorus pesticide urinary metabolite levels of children in farmworker households in eastern North Carolina

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 751-760

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Davis, Stephen W ^a   Barr, Dana B ^b   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biomonitoring; Child health; Farmworker; Health disparities; Occupational health; Organophosphorus pesticide metabolites; Pesticide exposure

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTHIOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33747891172     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20354     Document Type: Article

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