Child's play: Exposure to household pesticide use among children in rural, urban and informal areas of South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-184

  Tolosana, Sandy ^a   Rother, Hanna Andrea ^a   London, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; PHENOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SAFETY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOXIC INHALATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 68949090197     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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