Occupational insecticide exposure and perception of safety measures among cacao farmers in Southwestern Nigeria

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 185-193

  Sosan, Mosudi B ^a   Akingbohungbe, Amos E ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cacao farmers; Exposure; Insecticides; Occupational hazard

Indexed keywords

DIMPYLATE; ENDOSULFAN; INSECTICIDE; LINDANE; PROPOXUR;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CACAO; CONVULSION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRINKING; DYSPNEA; EATING; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INSOMNIA; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESTLESSNESS; SELF EVALUATION; STOMACH PAIN; STORAGE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEATING; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WEAKNESS;

MIRIDAE; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 70449101023     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338240903241077     Document Type: Article

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