Pesticides and Your Children: A Randomized Controlled Evaluation of a Pamphlet

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 57-62

  Sklansky, Daniel J ^a   Mundt, Marlon P ^a   Katcher, Murray L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEST MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PAMPHLETS; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0346732895     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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