Biological monitoring of pesticide exposures among applicators and their children in Nicaragua

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 312-320

  Rodríguez, Teresa ^a   Younglove, Lisa ^b   Lu, Chensheng ^c   Funez, Aura ^a   Weppner, Sarah ^b   Barr, Dana B ^d   Fenske, Richard A ^b,e  

^a Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e Health Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Applicators; Biological monitoring; Children; Chlorpyrifos; Diazinon; Nicaragua; Pesticide exposure; Urinary metabolite

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMPYLATE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BANANA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; METABOLITE; NICARAGUA; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33845285870     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.4.312     Document Type: Article

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