The role of employers and supervisors in promoting pesticide safety behavior among Florida farmworkers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 814-824

  Mayer, Brian ^a   Flocks, Joan ^a   Monaghan, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Farmworkers; Pesticides; Safety; Supervisors

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PESTICIDES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SOCIAL MARKETING; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954792067     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20826     Document Type: Article

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