Biological monitoring of exposure to tebuconazole in winegrowers

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 643-649

  Fustinoni, Silvia ^a   Mercadante, Rosa ^a   Polledri, Elisa ^a   Rubino, Federico Maria ^b   Mandic Rajcevic, Stefan ^b   Vianello, Giorgio ^b   Colosio, Claudio ^b   Moretto, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; carboxy tebuconazole; hydroxy tebuconazole; pesticide application; tebuconazole metabolite; urine

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FUNGICIDE; TEBUCONAZOLE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CROP; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ITALY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN ABSORPTION; URINE; WINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN ABSORPTION; TRIAZOLES; WINE;

EID: 84908234080     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.14     Document Type: Article

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