Assessing pesticide safety knowledge among hispanic migrant farmworkers in Oregon

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-186

  McCauley, Linda A ^a   Shapiro, Susan E ^a   Scherer, Jennifer A ^a   Lasarev, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Pesticide knowledge; Pesticide safety

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PERSONNEL; PESTICIDES; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; PESTICIDE KNOWLEDGE; PESTICIDE KNOWLEDGE TEST; PESTICIDE SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OREGON; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 5544317201     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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