Seasonal variation in the measurement of urinary pesticide metabolites among Latino farmworkers in eastern North Carolina

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-350

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Isom, Scott ^a   Whalley, Lara E ^a   Vallejos, Quirina M ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a   Galván, Leonardo ^b   Barr, Dana B ^c   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Farmworkers Project   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biomonitoring; Farmworker; Occupational health; Pesticide exposure

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEASON; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SEASONS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349134038     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.4.339     Document Type: Article

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