Engaging latino farmworkers in the development of symbols to improve pesticide safety and health education and risk communication

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 975-981

  Leprevost, Catherine E ^a   Storm, Julia F ^a   Blanchard, Margaret R ^a   Asuaje, Cesar R ^b   Cope, W Gregory ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmworkers; Health education; Pesticides; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PACKAGING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MEXICO; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; PRODUCT LABELING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84883559243     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9685-4     Document Type: Article

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