Pesticide measurements from the First National Environmental Health Survey of Child Care Centers using a multi-residue GC/MS analysis method

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 6269-6274

  Tulve, Nicolle S ^a   Jones, Paul A ^a   Nishioka, Marcia G ^b   Fortmann, Roy C ^a   Croghan, Carry W ^a   Zhou, Joey Y ^c   Fraser, Alexa ^d   Cave, Carol ^e   Friedman, Warren ^f  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e US Consumer Product Safety Commission   (United States)

^f Special Needs Assistance Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES;

ALLERGENS; CHLORPYRIFOS; MULTI-STAGE SAMPLING; PYRETHROIDS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

ALLERGEN; CHLORPYRIFOS; LEAD; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PYRETHROID;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION DETECTION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHILD HEALTH; FIELD METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; INDOOR AIR; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PESTICIDE; SAMPLING; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD CARE; DAY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; INTERVIEW; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PESTICIDES; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750310777     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061021h     Document Type: Article

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