Exposure to phenoxyacetic acid herbicides and predictors of exposure among spouses of farmers

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-56

  Jurewicz, Joanna ^a   Hanke, Wojciech ^a   Sobala, Wojciech ^a   Ligocka, Danuta ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exposure to pesticides; Farmers spouses; Predictors of exposure

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLAND; PREDICTION; RURAL AREA; SPOUSE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TILLAGE; URINALYSIS;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLAND; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPOUSES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859307982     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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