Acute symptoms following work with pesticides

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 505-511

  Solomon, Christine ^a   Poole, Jason ^a   Palmer, Keith T ^a   Peveler, Robert ^b   Coggon, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungicides; Herbicides; Insecticides; Poisoning; Psychological; Sheep dip; Somatization; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RURAL HEALTH; WALES;

EID: 34948863395     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm066     Document Type: Article

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