Biological monitoring of pyrethroid exposure of pest control workers in Japan

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 509-514

  Wang, Dong ^a   Kamijima, Michihiro ^a   Imai, Ryota ^a   Suzuki, Takayoshi ^b   Kameda, Yohei ^a   Asai, Kazumi ^a   Okamura, Ai ^a   Naito, Hisao ^a   Ueyama, Jun ^a,c   Saito, Isao ^d   Nakajima, Tamie ^a   Goto, Masahiro ^a   Shibata, Eiji ^b   Kondo, Takaaki ^a   Takagi, Kenji ^a   Takagi, Kenzo ^a   Wakusawa, Shinya ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Tokai COOP Federation

Author keywords

3 Phenoxybenzoic acid; Biological monitoring; Pest control operators; Pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549047169     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.49.509     Document Type: Article

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