Social movements and risk perception: Unions, churches, pesticides and bananas in Costa Rica

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-21

  Barraza, Douglas ^a,b   Jansen, Kees ^b   van Wendel de Joode, Berna ^a   Wesseling, Catharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banana plantations; Costa Rica; Foro Emau s; Pesticides; Risk perception; Social movements

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; MUSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS; TRADE UNION;

AGRICULTURE; CATHOLICISM; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MOTIVATION; MUSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875077722     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2049396712Y.0000000018     Document Type: Article

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