Pesticide-handling practices in agriculture in Tanzania: Observational data from 27 coffee and cotton farms

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 326-332

  Ngowi, A V F ^a   Maeda, D N ^a   Wesseling, C ^a   Partanen, T J ^a   Sanga, M P ^a   Mbise, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Coffee; Cotton; Exposure; Hazardous practices; Pesticides; Survey; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COFFEE; COTTON; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STORAGE; TANZANIA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0035667799     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2001.7.4.326     Document Type: Article

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