Children's inhalation exposure to methamidophos from sprayed potato fields in Washington State: Exploring the use of probabilistic modeling of meteorological data in exposure assessment

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 613-623

  Ramaprasad, Jaya ^a   Tsai, Min G Yi ^a   Fenske, Richard A ^a   Faustman, Elaine M ^a   Griffith, William C ^a   Felsot, Allan S ^b   Elgethun, Kai ^c   Weppner, Sarah ^d   Yost, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TerraGraphics Environmental Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhalation risk; Meteorology; Methamidophos; Pesticides; Probabilistic modeling; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

METHAMIDOPHOS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INHALATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POTATO; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INSECTICIDES; METEOROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; WASHINGTON;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 69249203761     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2008.66     Document Type: Article

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