Surveillance of pesticide-related illness in the developing world: Putting the data to work

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-248

  Murray, Douglas ^a   Wesseling, Catharina ^a   Keifer, Matthew ^a   Corriols, Marianela ^a   Henao, Samuel ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Developing countries; Pesticide illness; Pesticide poisoning; Pesticide policy; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036656465     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2002.8.3.243     Document Type: Article

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