Reducing the incidence of acute pesticide poisoning by educating farmers on integrated pest management in South India

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Mancini, Francesca ^a   Jiggins, Janice L S ^a   O'Malley, Michael ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Farmer field school; Integrated pest management; Organophosphates; Pesticide poisoning

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTOXICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEST CONTROL; PILOT STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PILOT PROJECTS; POISONING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67651018445     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.2.143     Document Type: Article

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