Estimating underreported pesticide poisonings in Nicaragua

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-201

  Keifer, Matthew ^a,b,f   McConnell, Rob ^c   Pacheco, A Feliciano ^d   Daniel, William ^a   Rosenstock, Linda ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CARE ^*  (Nicaragua)

^c Pan Amer Ctr Hum Ecol and Hlth   (Mexico)

^d Ministry of Health Region II   (Nicaragua)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

health survey; Nicaragua; occupational diseases; pesticides; registries

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICARAGUA; REGISTER; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; PESTICIDES; POISONING; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0029822331     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199608)30:2<195::AID-AJIM10>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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