Modeling the dietary pesticide exposures of young children

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 304-309

  Pennycook, Frank R ^a   Diamand, Emily M ^a   Watterson, Andrew ^b   Howard, C Vyvyan ^c  

^a Friends of the Earth   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute reference dose (ARD); Apples; Carbendazim; Dietary exposure; Dithiocarbamates; Pears; Pesticides; Phosmet

Indexed keywords

CARBENDAZIM; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHOSMET;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 4444280942     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.3.304     Document Type: Article

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