Pacific Northwest health professionals survey on pesticides and children

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 113-120

  Karr, Catherine ^a   Murphy, Helen ^a   Glew, Gwen ^b   Keifer, Matthew C ^a   Fenske, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Medical education; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; PESTICIDES; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 34447634132     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v11n03_12     Document Type: Article

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