Female farmworkers' perceptions of pesticide exposure and pregnancy health

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 626-632

  Flocks, Joan ^a   Kelley, Maureen ^b   Economos, Jeannie ^c   McCauley, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Farmworker Association of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmworkers; Focus groups; Pesticides; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865863537     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9554-6     Document Type: Article

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