Exposure to airborne dust contaminated with pesticide in the Aral Sea region.
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.
O'Hara
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Wiggs
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Mamedov
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Davidson
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Hubbard
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D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds; D010575:Pesticides; D014423:Turkmenistan
D000393:Air Pollutants; D004391:Dust; D007306:Insecticides; D009946:Organothiophosphorus Compounds; D010575:Pesticides; C003117:phosalone