Spontaneous miscarriages and infant deaths among female farmers in rural South Africa

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-236

  Naidoo, Saloshni ^a   London, Leslie ^b   Burdorf, Alex ^c   Naidoo, Rajen ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Pesticide; Women

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; IRRIGATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; WEED CONTROL; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HARVESTING; MANUAL LABOR; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLOWING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIGRAVIDA; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

PESTICIDE;

EID: 79957668431     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3133     Document Type: Article

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