Pesticides and respiratory symptoms among farmers

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 973-981

  Faria, Neice Müller Xavier ^a,c   Facchini, Luiz Augusto ^a   Fassa, Anaclaudia Gastal ^a   Tomasi, Elaine ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Asthma; Occupational diseases; Pesticides; Respiratory tract diseases, chronic; Rural population

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAZIL; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 33646076714     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102005000600016     Document Type: Article

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