Intervention research in agriculture: Examples from the swine confinement and respiratory health project

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 386-391

  Ferguson, Kristi J ^a   Scharf, Ted ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

agricultural safety and health; farm safety training; health belief model; intervention methods; program evaluation; respiratory health; swine confinement

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWINE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; IOWA; MASKS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SWINE; TEACHING;

EID: 0029865685     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199604)29:4<386::AID-AJIM22>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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