Effectiveness of pesticide safety training and knowledge about pesticide exposure among hispanic farmworkers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1550-1556

  Levesque, Donna L ^a   Arif, Ahmed A ^b   Shen, Ji ^c  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL SAFETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; KNOWLEDGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL SAFETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871799373     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182677d96     Document Type: Article

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