Pyrethrin and pyrethroid illnesses in the Pacific Northwest: A five-year review

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-159

  Walters, Jaime K ^a   Boswell, Laura E ^a   Green, Mandy K ^a   Heumann, Michael A ^a   Karam, Lauren E ^a   Morrissey, Barbara F ^b   Waltz, Justin E ^a  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CIPERMETHRIN; CYFLUTHRIN; FENVALERATE; PERMETHRIN; PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE; PYRETHRIN; PYRETHROID; STEROID; TETRAMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; POISONING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PYRETHRINS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650069665     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400118     Document Type: Review

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