Body mass index and bromoxynil exposure in a sample of rural residents during spring herbicide application

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1321-1352

  Semchuk, Karen M ^a   McDuffie, Helen H ^a   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^b   Cessna, Allan J ^c,d   Irvine, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; BROMOXYNIL; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICAMBA; HERBICIDE; TRIALLATE; TRIFLURALIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CANADA; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPRING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGROCHEMICALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DICAMBA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NITRILES; OXAZOLES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPIONATES; RURAL HEALTH; SASKATCHEWAN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRIALLATE; TRIFLURALIN;

EID: 4043092294     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390490471424     Document Type: Article

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