Effectiveness of an educational program to promote pesticide safety among pesticide handlers of South India

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 787-795

  Sam, Kishore Gnana ^a,b   Andrade, Hira H ^a   Pradhan, Lisa ^a   Pradhan, Abhishek ^a   Sones, Shashi J ^b   Rao, Padma G M ^a   Sudhakar, Christopher ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Education program; Knowledge attitude and practice KAP; Occupation pesticide safety

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENDOSULFAN; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; QUINALPHOS; TRIAZOPHOS;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTOXICATION; KNOWLEDGE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STORAGE; TROPICS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40349106476     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0263-3     Document Type: Article

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