Biologically Based Pesticide Dose Estimates for Children in an Agricultural Community.

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: June 1, 2000| Author: Allen, Emily H.; Fenske, Richard A.; Kalman, David A.; Keifer, Matthew C.; Kissel, John C.; Lu, Chensheng; Simcox, Nancy J. | Copyright information

Current pesticide health risk assessments in the United States require the characterization of aggregate exposure and cumulative risk in the setting of food tolerances. Biologic monitoring can aggregate exposures from all sources and routes, and can integrate exposures for chemicals with a common mechanism of action. Its value was demonstrated in a recent study of organophosphorus (OP) pesticide exposure among 109 children in an agricultural community in Washington State; 91 of the ...

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