Assessment of exposure to pyrethroids and pyrethrins in a rural population of the Montérégie Area, Quebec, Canada

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 341-352

  Couture, Caroline ^a   Fortin, Marie Chantale ^a   Carrier, Gaétan ^a   Dumas, Pierre ^b   Tremblay, Claude ^c   Bouchard, Michèle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Biomarkers; Human exposure; Pesticides; Pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CIPERMETHRIN; CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PHENOXYACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANADA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; MICTURITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUMMER; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; AGRICULTURE; MIDDLE AGED; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PYRETHRINS; QUEBEC; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 67449124344     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620902850907     Document Type: Article

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