Heavy metals and pesticide exposure from agricultural activities and former agrochemical factory in a Salvadoran rural community

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1662-1676

  Quinteros, Edgar ^a   Ribó, Alexandre ^a   Mejía, Roberto ^a   López, Alejandro ^a   Belteton, Wilfredo ^b   Comandari, Aimee ^c   Orantes, Carlos M ^a   Pleites, Ernesto B ^a   Hernández, Carlos E ^a   López, Dina L ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^c Department of Social Sciences   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Central America; El Salvador; Former pesticide factory; Heavy metals; Obsolete pesticides; Pesticide exposure; Pesticide management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROCHEMICAL; AGROINDUSTRY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SURFACE WATER;

EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LATIN AMERICA;

GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992740789     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7899-z     Document Type: Article

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