title: Exposure to airborne dust contaminated with pesticide in the Aral Sea region.
abstract: The Aral Sea region is one of the world's foremost ecological disaster zones and there is increasing local concern for the health of millions of people living in this region. We have found that dust deposition rates across eastern Turkmenistan are among the highest in the world and that the dust is contaminated with pesticide.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Wiggs
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mamedov
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Hubbard
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds; D010575:Pesticides; D014423:Turkmenistan
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust; D007306:Insecticides; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds; D010575:Pesticides; C003117:phosalone