Pesticide sprayers' knowledge, attitude and practice of pesticide use on agricultural farms of Ethiopia

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 311-315

  Mekonnen, Yalemtsehay ^a   Agonafir, T ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agricultural farms; Attitude and practice of pesticide use; Ethiopia; Knowledge; Personal hygiene and sanitation; Personal protective devices; Pesticide sprayers; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHIOPIA; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FARMING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SANITATION; STANDARD; TRAINING; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 0036751123     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/52.6.311     Document Type: Article

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