Patterns of pesticide use and their determinants among wives of farmer pesticide applicators in the agricultural health study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 856-865

  Kirrane, Ellen F ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^b,d   Umbach, David M ^b   Samanic, Claudine ^c   Sandler, Dale P ^b  

^a Coda Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; CAPTAN; CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CYANAZINE; DICAMBA; DICHLORVOS; DIMPYLATE; FONOFOS; GLYPHOSATE; IMAZETHAPYR; MALATHION; METOLACHLOR; PENDIMETHALIN; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHORATE; TERBUFOS; TRIFLURALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; AGROCHEMICALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; SPOUSES;

EID: 4143147448     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000135521.15169.3e     Document Type: Article

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