Pesticide exposure surveillance and prevention skills of staff in eastern North Carolina health departments

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-310

  Tutor, Robin P ^a,b   Zarate, Max A ^a   Loury, Sharon ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Agromedicine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Health departments; Health providers; Pesticide exposure; Pesticide exposure response skills; Pesticide prevention; Pesticide surveillance

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; STAFF; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PESTICIDES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42149163690     PISSN: 10784659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHH.0000316489.03254.9f     Document Type: Article

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