Exposure to pesticides in open-field farming in France

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-81

  Lebailly, Pierre ^a,b   Bouchart, Valérie ^c   Baldi, Isabelle ^d   Lecluse, Yannick ^a   Heutte, Natacha ^a   Gislard, Antoine ^e   Malas, Jean Paul ^c  

^a Biology and Innovative Therapeutics for Ovarian Cancers group   (France)

^b Registre Tumeurs Digestives Calvados   (France)

^c Lab Departemental Frank Duncombe   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Herbicide; Isoproturon; Monitoring; Open field; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; ATOMIZERS; HERBICIDES; MIXING; MONITORING; PESTICIDES; WEED CONTROL;

APPLICATION TASKS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HERBICIDE ISOPROTURON; ISOPROTURON; OPEN FIELD; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POTENTIAL DERMAL EXPOSURES;

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EID: 58549114509     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/men072     Document Type: Article

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