Falling through the regulatory cracks street selling of pesticides and poisoning among Urban Youth in South Africa

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-213

  Rother, Hanna Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aldicarb; Cape Town; Child labor; Child pesticide poisoning; Informal sector; Organophosphates; Pesticide regulations; South Africa; Street pesticides; Street vendors

Indexed keywords

ALDICARB; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALDICARB; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PYRETHRINS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77950802472     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2010.16.2.183     Document Type: Article

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