Incidence of acute occupational pesticide poisoning among male farmers in South Korea

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 799-807

  Lee, Won Jin ^a   Cha, Eun Shil ^a   Park, Jinwoo ^b   Ko, Yousun ^a   Kim, Hyun Joong ^a   Kim, Jaeyoung ^c  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Suwon University   (South Korea)

^c Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Epidemiology; Occupational disease; Pesticide; Poisoning; Sampling study

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SELF REPORT; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84865022378     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22024     Document Type: Article

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