Occupational epidemiology in agriculture: A case study in the Southern African context

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-256

  London, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Confounding; Ethics; Farm workers; Gender; Job exposure matrix; Neurobehavioral; Pesticides; Practice

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHILD; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032176339     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1998.4.4.245     Document Type: Article

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