Recruiting strategy and 24-hour biomonitoring of paraquat in agricultural workers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 207-217

  Park, Eun Kee ^a   Duarte Tagles, Hector ^a   Gee, Shirley ^b   Hammock, Bruce ^b   Lee, Kiyoung ^a   Schenker, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

24 hour urine; Agriculture; Biological monitoring; Farm worker; Paraquat; Recruiting strategy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PARAQUAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; URINE;

ADULT; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARAQUAT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60249088008     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240802454528     Document Type: Article

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