Measuring success in a pesticide risk reduction program among migrant farmworkers in Colorado

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-245

  Vela Acosta, Martha Soledad ^a   Chapman, Phillip ^b   Bigelow, Philip L ^b,c   Kennedy, Catherine ^b   Buchan, Roy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Farmworkers; Health; Locus; Migrant; Perception; Pesticides; Risk; Safety; WPS

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COLORADO; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 14644390236     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20136     Document Type: Article

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