Community-based intervention to reduce pesticide exposure to farmworkers and potential take-home exposure to their families

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-89

  Bradman, Asa ^a   Salvatore, Alicia L ^a   Boeniger, Mark ^b   Castorina, Rosemary ^a   Snyder, John ^c   Barr, Dana B ^d   Jewell, Nicholas P ^a   Kavanagh Baird, Geri ^e   Striley, Cynthia ^b   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biomarkers; Farmworkers; Malathion; Pesticides; Transfer coefficients

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; CREATININE; MALATHION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; FOLIAGE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; STRAWBERRY; URINE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FRAGARIA; HANDWASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; MALATHION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTORS;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 57749202304     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2008.18     Document Type: Article

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