California surveillance for pesticide-related illness and injury: Coverage, bias, and limitations

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-79

  Mehler, Louise N ^a   Schenker, Marc B ^b   Romano, Patrick S ^b   Samuels, Steven J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

California epidemiology ; Pesticides toxicity ; Poisoning; Population; Program evaluation; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISON CENTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; SUICIDE;

EID: 33751245612     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v11n02_10     Document Type: Article

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