Exposure to pesticides and metal contaminants of fertilizer among tree planters

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 752-763

  Gorman Ng, Melanie ^a,b   Stjernberg, Ernst ^c   Koehoorn, Mieke ^a   Demers, Paul A ^a   Davies, Hugh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

Author keywords

dermal exposure; fertilizers; forestry; metals; pesticides

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; BULK SOILS; CARBAMATE PESTICIDES; CHEMICAL EXPOSURE; CHLOROTHALONIL; DERMAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; EXPOSURE POTENTIAL; FULL-SHIFT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAND WASHING; HAND WIPES; HYGIENE CONDITIONS; LOW LEVEL; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; METAL CONTAMINATION; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT PROGRAMS; PESTICIDE ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEEDLING ROOTS; STUDY SITES; TREE PLANTERS; TREE PLANTINGS; WORK SITES;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FERTILIZERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METALS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REFORESTATION; SEED; SPECTROMETRY; WASHING;

PESTICIDES;

FERTILIZER; FUNGICIDE; METAL; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING; EXPOSURE; FORESTRY; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARD; TREE;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; EATING; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; PLASMA; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TREES;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; BIOCIDES; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; EXTRACTIVES; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METALS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80051762099     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mer029     Document Type: Article

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