Acute illnesses associated with insecticides used to control bed bugs - seven states, 2003-2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 1269-1274

  Jacobson, James B ^a   Wheeler, Katherine ^a   Hoffman, Robert ^a   Mitchell, Yvette ^b   Beckman, John ^c   Mehler, Louise ^d   Mulay, Prakash ^e   Schwartz, Abby ^f   Langley, Rick ^g   Diebolt Brown, Brienne ^h   Prado, Joanne Bonnar ⁱ   Newman, Nicholas ^j   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^k   Hudson, Naomi L ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d California Department of Pesticide Regulation   (United States)

^e FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^g North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Svcs   (United States)

^h Texas Dept of State Health Svcs   (United States)

ⁱ Washington Dept of Health   (United States)

^j CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; PYRETHROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BED; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CIMEX; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALATHION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PYRETHRINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80055099322     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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