Pesticide Use among Farmers in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-228

  Hurtig, Anna Karin ^a   San Sebastian, Miguel ^a   Soto, Alejandro ^b   Shingre, Angel ^b   Zambrano, Diocles ^b   Guerrero, Walter ^b  

^a Inst Epidemiol/Salud Comunitaria   (Ecuador)

^b Comite Afectados Activ Extractiv ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amazon basin; Ecuador; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

GLYPHOSATE; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING; EATING; ECUADOR; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEST CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAINING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RIVERS;

EID: 0344391972     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.4.223-228     Document Type: Article

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