Respirator Use Among US Farm Operators: Evidence from the 2006 Farm and Ranch Safety Survey

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-38

  Syamlal, Girija ^a   Schleiff, Patricia L ^a   Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Doney, Brent ^a   Greskevitch, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture worker; farm operator; occupational exposure; respirator

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872389793     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2012.743379     Document Type: Article

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