A Review of Nonoccupational Pathways for Pesticide Exposure in Women Living in Agricultural Areas

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 515-524

  Deziel, Nicole C ^a,b   Friesen, Melissa C ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^c   Hines, Cynthia J ^d   Thomas, Kent ^e   Beane Freeman, Laura E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2, 4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ACETOCHLOR; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; AZINPHOS METHYL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORPYRIFOS; DACTHAL; DIMPYLATE; FUNGICIDE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; IPRODIONE; METOLACHLOR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PHOSMET; SIMAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; CLEANING; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930521399     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408273     Document Type: Review

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