Assessing intermittent pesticide exposure from flea control collars containing the organophosphorus insecticide tetrachlorvinphos

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 564-570

  Davis, M Keith ^a   Boone, J Scott ^a,b   Moran, John E ^a   Tyler, John W ^a,c   Chambers, Janice E ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Flea control; Human pesticide exposure; Tetrachlorvinphos; Transferable residues

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; STIROFOS; TRICHLOROMANDELIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DOG; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FLEA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLEAS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORVINPHOS; TIME FACTORS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RATTUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 54349085588     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500647     Document Type: Article

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