Biomonitoring of organophosphate exposure of pesticide sprayers and comparison of exposure levels with other population groups in Thessaly (Greece)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-133

  Koureas, Michalis ^a   Tsakalof, Andreas ^a   Tzatzarakis, Manolis ^b   Vakonaki, Elena ^b   Tsatsakis, Aristidis ^b   Hadjichristodoulou, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASES AND TRIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84892803343     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101490     Document Type: Article

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