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SUBMITTER: VoPham T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5580968 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
VoPham Trang T Wilson John P JP Ruddell Darren D Rashed Tarek T Brooks Maria M MM Yuan Jian-Min JM Talbott Evelyn O EO Chang Chung-Chou H CH Weissfeld Joel L JL
Applied geography (Sevenoaks, England) 20150518
Accurate pesticide exposure estimation is integral to epidemiologic studies elucidating the role of pesticides in human health. Humans can be exposed to pesticides via residential proximity to agricultural pesticide applications (drift). We present an improved geographic information system (GIS) and remote sensing method, the Landsat method, to estimate agricultural pesticide exposure through matching pesticide applications to crops classified from temporally concurrent Landsat satellite remote ...[more]