Biomonitoring in wearers of permethrin impregnated battle dress uniforms in Afghanistan and Germany

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-117

  Kegel, Peter ^a   Letzel, Stephan ^a   Rossbach, Bernd ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; PERMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG UPTAKE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PERMETHRIN IMPREGNATED BATTLE DRESS UNIFORM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

BATTLE DRESS UNIFORMS; HEALTH EFFECTS; PERMETHRIN; SOLDIERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERMETHRIN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN ABSORPTION; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892695367     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101279     Document Type: Article

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