The health impacts of pesticide use on sugarcane farmers in Fiji

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 82-88

  Szmedra, Philip ^a  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmer health; Fiji; Pacific agriculture; Pesticides; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FIJI; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FIJI; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 0033302374     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053959901100206     Document Type: Article

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