Increased risk of suicide with exposure to pesticides in an intensive agricultural area. A 12-year retrospective study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-63

  Parrón, Tesifón ^a   Hernández, Antonio F ^b   Villanueva, Enrique ^b  

^a Off of Pub Hlth of Almeria Prov   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression; Farmers; Mood disorders; Pesticides; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030005685     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(96)01895-6     Document Type: Article

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