Occupational behaviors and farmworkers' pesticide exposure: Findings from a study in Monterey County, California

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 782-794

  Salvatore, Alicia L ^a   Bradman, Asa ^a   Castorina, Rosemary ^a   Camacho, José ^b   López, Jesús ^c   Barr, Dana B ^d   Snyder, John ^e   Jewell, Nicholas P ^a   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas   (United States)

^c California Rural Legal Assistance   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clothing; Farmworker; Occupational behavior; Pesticides; Urinary metabolites; Worker protection standard (WPS)

Indexed keywords

DICARBOXYLIC ACID; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SELF REPORT; STRAWBERRY; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALATHION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 51849147554     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20622     Document Type: Article

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