Testing a cumulative and aggregate exposure model using biomonitoring studies and dietary records for Italian vineyard spray operators

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-53

  Kennedy, Marc C ^a   Glass, C Richard ^a,h   Fustinoni, Silvia ^b   Moretto, Angelo ^c   Mandic Rajcevic, Stefan ^d   Riso, Patrizia ^c   Turrini, Aida ^e   van der Voet, Hilko ^f   Hetmanski, Michel T ^a   Fussell, Richard J ^a   van Klaveren, Jacob D ^g  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^h Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common assessment group; Consumer exposure; Occupational exposure; Probabilistic modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; FUNGICIDE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; TEBUCONAZOLE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR POLLUTANT; CROP; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; URINE; VITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; DIET RECORDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FARMERS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; TRIAZOLES; VITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937764218     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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