CAREX nicaragua and panama: Worker exposures to carcinogenic substances and pesticides

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-257

  Blanco Romero, Luis Enrique ^a   Vega, Luis E ^b   Lozano Chavarría, Luz M ^c   Partanen, Timo J ^d  

^a Work and Environment (CISTA)   (Nicaragua)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^c Ministerio de Salud de Nicaragua (National Center of Toxicology   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic substances; CAREX; Developing countries; Exposed workers; Occupational exposure; Register system

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PANAMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PANAMA; PESTICIDES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80053321543     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2011.17.3.251     Document Type: Article

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