Peasant association member's knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards safe use of pesticide management

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 965-970

  Karunamoorthi, Kaliyaperumal ^a,b   Mohammed, Ahmad ^a   Jemal, Zeid ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Peasant farmers; Pesticide management

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGRICULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80955157425     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21008     Document Type: Article

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