Pesticide knowledge and risk perception among adolescent Latino farmworkers

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 397-409

  McCauley, Linda A ^a   Sticker, Diana ^a   Bryan, Charlene ^b   Lasarev, Michael R ^a   Scherer, Jennifer A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent workers; Agricultural workers; Health beliefs; Occupational health; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RISK PERCEPTION; TOXICITY;

FARMWORKERS;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

BIOCIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TOXICITY;

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OREGON; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0036827511     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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