Occupational activities associated with a reported history of malaria among women working in small-scale agriculture in South Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 805-810

  Naidoo, Saloshni ^a   London, Leslie ^b   Burdorf, Alex ^c   Naidoo, Rajen N ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HARVESTING; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MANGO; PLANTING; PLANTING DENSITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUGARCANE; WEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SACCHARUM;

EID: 81155137312     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0092     Document Type: Article

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