A clinical historical overview of pesticide health issues

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-207

  Schuman, Stanley H ^a   Simpson Jr , William M ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PESTICIDES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748970317     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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