Perception of pesticide use by farmers and neighbors in two periurban areas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2011, Pages 77-86

  Ahmed, Nur ^a   Englund, Jan Eric ^a   Åhman, Inger ^a   Lieberg, Mats ^a   Johansson, Eva ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitude; Fungicide; Harmfulness; Herbicide; Insecticide; Urban rural fringe

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; FARM LAND; HARMFULNESS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; PERI-URBAN AREAS; PERIURBAN; PUBLIC CONCERN; QUALITY OF PRODUCT; SOCIAL FACTOR; URBAN-RURAL;

FUNGICIDES; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FUNGICIDE; GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PERCEPTION; PERIURBAN AREA; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CITY PLANNING; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PROTECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MALE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOLOGY; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84855848963     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.022     Document Type: Article

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