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- Title
Acute Pesticide-Related Illness Resulting from Occupational Exposure to Acrolein -- Washington and California, 1993-2009.
- Authors
Rodriguez, Luis; Prado, Joanne; Beckman, John; Calvert, Geoffrey M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Prevention's (CDC) review of data from the SENSOR-Pesticides program and the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for 1993-2009 to identify cases of acute pesticide-related illness due to occupational exposure to acrolin. Among the cases involved workers employed by Washington irrigation districts. Some of the common symptoms include eye irritation, headache and dyspnea.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; UNITED States; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of pesticides; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); CALIFORNIA Environmental Protection Agency. Dept. of Pesticide Regulation; OCCUPATIONAL diseases
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2013, Vol 62, Issue 16, p313
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article