Pesticide poisoning in Mexican seasonal farm workers

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 202-203

  De Jesus Chain Castro, Teresita ^a,b   Barrón Aragón, Rita ^a   Haro García, Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Farm workers; Mexico; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0032107414     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1998.4.3.202     Document Type: Article

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