South African farm workers' interpretation of risk assessment data expressed as pictograms on pesticide labels

Environmental Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-427

  Rother, Hanna Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gender; Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals; Pesticide pictograms; Pesticide policy; Risk assessment data; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLABELING; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; GENDER; HEALTH POLICY; PESTICIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED NATIONS; VINEYARD;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PRODUCT LABELING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049132813     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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