Work-related pesticide poisoning among farmers in two villages of Southern China: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Xujun ^a,b   Zhao, Weiyan ^b   Jing, Ruiwei ^a   Wheeler, Krista ^b   Smith, Gary A ^b,c   Stallones, Lorann ^d   Xiang, Huiyun ^b,c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

China; farmers; occupational poisoning; pesticide poisoning

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POISONING;

EID: 79957864138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-429     Document Type: Review

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