Exposures of 129 preschool children to organochlorines, organophosphates, pyrethroids, and acid herbicides at their homes and daycares in North Carolina

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3743-3764

  Morgan, Marsha K ^a   Wilson, Nancy K ^b   Chuang, Jane C ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Daycare centers; Exposure; Intake dose; Pesticides; Residences

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CHLORDANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CYPERMETHRIN; DIMPYLATE; HEPTACHLOR; HERBICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

CHILD HEALTH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HERBICIDE; INDOOR AIR; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HOME; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HERBICIDES; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PYRETHRINS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84897516319     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110403743     Document Type: Article

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