Assessing diet as a modifiable risk factor for pesticide exposure

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1792-1804

  Oates, Liza ^a   Cohen, Marc ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural exposures; Biomonitoring; Exposure assessment; Organic diets; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PYRETHROID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC FOOD; POPULATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 79959816470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8061792     Document Type: Review

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