Pesticide poisoning and respiratory disorders in Colorado farm residents

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-334

  Beseler, Cheryl Lynn ^a   Stallones, Lorann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural exposures; Farmers; Pesticide poisoning; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350452165     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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