Private costs and the relation between pesticide exposure and ill health: evidence from Sri Lanka

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-227

  Wilson, Clevo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of illness approach; Developing country; Health effects; Pesticide pollution; Private and public costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844539287     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353922     Document Type: Article

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