Emerging issues in pesticide health studies

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 387-397

  Fleming, Lora E ^a   Herzstein, Jessica A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Environmental Health Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748954092     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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