Developing a comprehensive pesticide health effects tracking system for an urban setting: New York City's approach

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1419-1423

  Kass, Daniel E ^a   Thier, Audrey L ^b   Leighton, Jessica ^a   Cone, James E ^a   Jeffery, Nancy L ^a  

^a Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Data linkage; Epidemiology; New York City; Pest control; Pesticide use; Poison control; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 6344230138     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7149     Document Type: Article

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