Identifying pesticide use patterns among flower growers to assess occupational exposure to mixtures

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 323-329

  Schilmann, Astrid ^a   Lacasaña, Marina ^b,c   Blanco Muñoz, Julia ^a   Aguilar Garduño, Clemente ^b,d   Salinas Rodríguez, Aarón ^a   Cebrián, Mariano E ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d Andalusian Observatory of Environmental Health   (Spain)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; BENOMYL; BIPHENTHRIN; CARBENDAZIM; CARBOFURAN; CHLOROTALONYL; FUNGICIDE; GLYPHOSATE; INSECTICIDE; IPRODIONE; MANCOZEB; METALAXYL; METHAMIDOPHOS; METHOMYL; OMETHOATE; OXAMYL; PARATHION; PERMETHRIN; THIOPHANATE; TRIADIMEPHON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; FLOWER; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953778178     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047175     Document Type: Article

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