Mental health in Alberta grain farmers using pesticides over many years

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 400-406

  Cherry, N ^a   Burstyn, I ^a,b   Beach, J ^a   Senthilselvan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain farming; Mental ill health; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CEREAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ALBERTA; CEREALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865541293     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs136     Document Type: Article

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