Pesticide Exposure in a Farming Village in Venezuela—a Developing Country

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 430-435

  Rojas, Maritza ^a   Rincón, Rita ^a   Reid, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0033400426     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909603375     Document Type: Article

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