Mood disorders hospitalizations, suicide attempts, and suicide mortality among agricultural workers and residents in an area with intensive use of pesticides in Brazil

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 73, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 866-877

  Meyer, Armando ^a   Koifman, Sergio ^b   Koifman, Rosalina Jorge ^b   Moreira, Josino Costa ^b   De Rezende Chrisman, Juliana ^b   Abreu Villaça, Yael ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955284854     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287391003744781     Document Type: Article

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