Pesticides and farmer health in Nicaragua: A willingness-to-pay approach to evaluation

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-133

  Garming, Hildegard ^a   Waibel, Hermann ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Health risks; Nicaragua; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NICARAGUA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NICARAGUA; PESTICIDES; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 63449092280     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-008-0110-9     Document Type: Article

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