Assessing children's dietary pesticide exposure: Direct measurement of pesticide residues in 24-hr duplicate food samples

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1625-1630

  Lu, Chensheng ^a   Schenck, Frank J ^b   Pearson, Melanie A ^c   Wong, Jon W ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's diets; Dietary pesticide exposure; Organophosphate pesticides; Pesticide residue; Pesticide risk assessment; Pyrethroid insecticides

Indexed keywords

ACEPHATE; AZINPHOS METHYL; BIFENTHRIN; CHLORPYRIFOS; CIPERMETHRIN; DIMETHOATE; ETHION; FENVALERATE; MALATHION; METHAMIDOPHOS; OMETHOATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHOSALONE; PHOSMET; PYRETHROID;

APPLE; APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; BANANA; BELL PEPPER; BLACKBERRY; BLUEBERRY; BROCCOLI; CARROT; CELERY; CHERRY; CHILD; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; GREEN BEAN; HUMAN; KETCHUP; LETTUCE; MEASUREMENT; MUSHROOM; NECTARINE; ORANGE JUICE; PARENT; PEACH; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RASPBERRY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPINACH; STRAWBERRY; SUMMER; VEGETABLE; WATERMELON; WINTER;

BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PYRETHRINS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 78149431171     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002044     Document Type: Article

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