Oregon Indigenous Farmworkers: Results of Promotor Intervention on Pesticide Knowledge and Organophosphate Metabolite Levels

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1164-1170

  McCauley, Linda ^a   Runkle, Jennifer D ^a   Samples, Julie ^b   Williams, Bryan ^a   Muniz, Juan F ^d   Semple, Marie ^a   Shadbeh, Nargess ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Law Center   (United States)

^c Oregon Law Center   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIETHYL THIOPHOSPHATE; DIMETHYL DITHIOPHOSPHATE; DIMETHYL THIOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHORIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MALE; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OREGON; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PESTICIDES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885606996     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31829b28e4     Document Type: Article

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