Pesticide use and related health problems among greenhouse workers in Batinah Coastal Region of Oman

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 198-203

  Esechie, Jovita O ^a   Ibitayo, Olurominiyi O ^a  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenhouse workers; Personal protective equipment; Pesticide exposure

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BATH; CLOTHING; FACE MASK; GREENHOUSE; HAND WASHING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIGRANT WORKER; NEPAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OMAN; PAKISTAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SALIVATION; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SRI LANKA; STORAGE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HANDWASHING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OMAN; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SALIVATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VOMITING;

EID: 79958244233     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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