Analysis of pesticide exposure and DNA damage in immigrant farmworkers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-246

  McCauley, Linda ^a   Lasarev, Michael ^b   Muniz, Juan ^b   Stewart, Valle Nazar ^b   Kisby, Glen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Comet assay; Farmworkers; Genotoxicity; Occupational exposure; Organophospate pesticides

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60249101899     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240802473817     Document Type: Article

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