Potential Health Effects Related to Pesticide Use on Athletic Fields

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-207

  Gilden, Robyn ^a   Friedmann, Erika ^a   Sattler, Barbara ^a   Squibb, Katherine ^a   Mcphaul, Kathleen ^a  

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

Author keywords

Athletic fields; Exposure; Nursing; Pesticide; Public safety

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SPORT; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MARYLAND; PESTICIDES; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SPORTS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84859986660     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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