Pesticide use and opportunities of exposure among farmers and their families: Cross-sectional studies 1998-2006 from Hebron governorate, occupied Palestinian territory

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Issa, Yaser ^a,b,c   Sham'A, Farid Abu ^a,b,d   Nijem, Khaldoun ^b   Bjertness, Espen ^a,e   Kristensen, Petter ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Occupational Epidemiology and Biological Research Lab   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Australia)

^d Ear Nose Throat Department   (Palestine)

^e TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; FUMIGANT; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; RODENTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HEALTH RISK; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POLICY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGRICULTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STATISTICS;

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE; WEST BANK;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957897701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-63     Document Type: Article

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