Social and health determinants of the efficiency of cotton farmers in Northern Côte d'Ivoire

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1705-1717

  Audibert, Martine ^a   Mathonnat, Jacky ^a   Henry, Marie Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Institut Pierre Richet Bouake   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; Cotton growers efficiency; Malaria; Social cohesiveness

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MALARIA; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MODEL; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGRICULTURE; COTE D'IVOIRE; CULTURE; EFFICIENCY; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GOSSYPIUM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SEASONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0037375159     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00164-8     Document Type: Article

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