Pesticide risk communication, risk perception, and self-protective behaviors among farmworkers in california's salinas valley

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-272

  Cabrera, Nolan L ^a   Leckie, James O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmworkers; Pesticides; Risk communication; Risk perception; Self protective behaviors

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549085017     PISSN: 07399863     EISSN: 15526364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739986309331877     Document Type: Article

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