Pesticide use and economic impacts on health

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-217

  Soares, Wagner Lopes ^a   Porto, Marcelo Firpo de Souza ^b  

^a INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE GEOGRAFIA E ESTATÍSTICA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Economics; Health expenditures; Occupational exposure; Pesticides; Poisoning; Rural workers

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BRAZIL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84860607343     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102012005000006     Document Type: Article

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