Characterization of agricultural tasks performed by youth in the Keokuk County Rural Health Study

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 418-429

  Park, Hyesook ^a,b   Reynolds, Stephen J ^a,c   Kelly, Kevin M ^a   Stromquist, Ann M ^a   Burmeister, Leon F ^a   Zwerling, Craig ^a   Merchant, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Age; Agriculture; Children; Task; Youth

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038103796     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301425     Document Type: Article

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