Pesticide exposures to migrant farmworkers in eastern NC: Detection of metabolites in farmworker urine associated with housing violations and camp characteristics

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 323-337

  Raymer, J H ^a   Studabaker, W B ^a   Gardner, M ^a   Talton, J ^b   Quandt, S A ^b   Chen, H ^b   Michael, L C ^a   Mccombs, M ^a   Arcury, T A ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing impact on exposure; Housing violations; Migrant farmworker housing; Migrant worker exposure; Urinary pesticide metabolites

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CHLORPYRIFOS; CYFLUTHRIN; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DIMPYLATE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HOUSING IMPACT ON EXPOSURE; HOUSING VIOLATIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT FARMWORKER HOUSING; MIGRANT WORKER EXPOSURE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URINARY PESTICIDE METABOLITES; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

HOUSING IMPACT ON EXPOSURE; HOUSING VIOLATIONS; MIGRANT FARMWORKER HOUSING; MIGRANT WORKER EXPOSURE; URINARY PESTICIDE METABOLITES;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHLORPYRIFOS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; DEET; DIAZINON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HERBICIDES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NITRILES; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PYRETHRINS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895906951     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22284     Document Type: Article

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