Pesticides in Lebanon: A knowledge, attitude, and practice study

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Salameh, Pascale R ^a,c   Baldi, Isabelle ^b   Brochard, Patrick ^b   Abi Saleh, Bernadette ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c Ramza Azzam Bldg   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Behavior; Occupational exposure; Pesticides; Prevention

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BEHAVIOR; KNOWLEDGE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PROTECTION; CROPPING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0345414162     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00092-6     Document Type: Article

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