Children's environmental health in agricultural settings

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-139

  Karr, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural health; children's environmental health; rural health

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; NITRATES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PESTICIDES; RURAL HEALTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859747029     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2012.658009     Document Type: Review

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