Agropesticide contract sprayers in Central Thailand: Health risks and awareness

Southeast Asian Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-131

  Grandstaff, Somluckrat ^a   Srisupan, Waraporn ^b  

^a Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Agropesticide; Health awareness; Mechanization; Pesticide poisoning; Rice; Thailand

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; SAFETY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

EID: 11244349847     PISSN: 05638682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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