Commercial agriculture and agrochemicals in almolonga, Guatemala

Geographical Review

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-63

  Arbona, Sonia I ^a  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Almolonga; Guatemala; Health; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009079608     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/215871     Document Type: Article

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