Monitoring the pesticide-exposed worker

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 347-363

  Wilson, Barry W ^a   Sanborn, James R ^b   O'Malley, Michael A ^a   Henderson, John D ^a   Billitti, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGRICULTURE; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PESTICIDES; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748981153     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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