Do farmers understand the information displayed on pesticide product labels? A key question to reduce pesticides exposure and risk of poisoning in the Brazilian Amazon

Crop Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 576-583

  Viviana Waichman, Andrea ^a   Eve, Evaldice ^b   Celso da Silva Nina, Nailson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Human and environmental risk; Pesticides; Risk communication; Small farmers

Indexed keywords

FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; HEALTH RISK; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; POISONING; POLLUTION; SAFETY;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846393458     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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