Dietary intake and its contribution to longitudinal organophosphorus pesticide exposure in urban/suburban children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-542

  Lu, Chensheng ^a   Barr, Dana B ^b   Pearson, Melanie A ^a   Waller, Lance A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chlorpyrifos; Dietary exposure; Longitudinal pesticide exposure; Malathion; Organic diet; Organophosphorus pesticides; Urinary biomonitoring

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; COUMAFOS; DIMPYLATE; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; SEASONS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 45749084873     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10912     Document Type: Article

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