Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) among agricultural extension workers concerning the reduction of the adverse impact of pesticides in agricultural areas in Tanzania

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 338-346

  Ngowi, Aiwerasia V F ^a,d   Maeda, D N ^a   Partanen, T J ^a,b,c  

^a TROPICAL PESTICIDES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agricultural extension; Exposure; Hazard; KAP; Pesticides; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENCE; STANDARDIZATION; TANZANIA; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0036654198     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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