Pesticide knowledge, practice and attitude and how it affects the health of small-scale farmers in Uganda: A cross-sectional study

African Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 420-433

  Oesterlund, Anna H ^a   Thomsen, Jane F ^a   Sekimpi, Deogratias K ^b   Maziina, James ^b   Racheal, Apio ^b   Jørs, Erik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational Health ^*  (Uganda)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute pesticides poisoning (intoxication); Attitude and practice; Developing country; Knowledge; Small scale farmers

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYHALOTHRIN; CYPERMETHRIN; DIMETHOATE; DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC; ENDOSULFAN; FENVALERATE; GLYPHOSATE; MALATHION; MANCOZEB; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; PROFENOFOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLURRED VISION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZZINESS; EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPERHIDROSIS; INTOXICATION; MALE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKIN IRRITATION; UGANDA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGRICULTURE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84902305984     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i2.19     Document Type: Article

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