Effectiveness of cleaning practices in removing pesticides from home environments

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-88

  McCauley, Linda A ^a   Travers, Rachelle ^b   Lasarev, Michael ^c   Muniz, Juan ^a   Nailon, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Oregon Child Development Coalition   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Farmworkers; Hygiene; Organophosphorus; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; METHODOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES;

EID: 33751214861     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v11n02_11     Document Type: Article

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