Acute pesticide poisoning among agricultural workers in the United States, 1998-2005

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 883-898

  Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a   Karnik, Jennifer ^a   Mehler, Louise ^b   Beckman, John ^c   Morrissey, Barbara ^d   Sievert, Jennifer ^e   Barrett, Rosanna ^f   Lackovic, Michelle ^g   Mabee, Laura ^h   Schwartz, Abby ⁱ   Mitchell, Yvette ^j   Moraga McHaley, Stephanie ^k  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^h OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

ⁱ MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^j NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; Farmworkers; Pesticides; Poisoning; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMETHOATE; DIMPYLATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FUNGICIDE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; MANCOZEB; METHAMIDOPHOS; METHOMYL; METHYL BROMIDE; MYCLOBUTANIL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; SULFUR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149084892     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20623     Document Type: Article

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