Pesticide aerosol characteristics in the vicinity of an agricultural vehicle cab during application

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 476-482

  Bémer, Denis ^a   Fismes, Joelle ^b   Subra, Isabelle ^a   Blachère, Veronique ^a   Protois, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Cab; Pesticide; Tracer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; DRUG VEHICLE; FLUORESCEIN; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; VEHICLES;

AEROSOLS; AGROCHEMICALS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCEIN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; VEHICLES;

EID: 34547574332     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620701386293     Document Type: Article

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