Exposure and health risk assessment of applicators to DDT during indoor residual spraying in malaria vector control program

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 549-558

  Wassie, Fantahun ^a   Spanoghe, Pieter ^b   Tessema, Dejene A ^a   Steurbaut, Walter ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

applicators; DDT; exposure assessment; health risk assessment; indoor residual spraying

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALARIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DDT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84867900588     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.45     Document Type: Article

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