Psychological determinants of behaviors leading to occupational injuries and diseases in agriculture: A literature overview

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-238

  Colémont, Ariane ^a   Van den Broucke, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agricultural health; Agricultural safety; Behavioral determinants; Health Belief Model; Theory of Planned Behavior; Theory of Reasoned Action; Transtheoretical Model of Change

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747875187     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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