Agricultural Pesticide Usage and Prioritization in South Korea

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 281-293

  Cha, Eun Shil ^a   Jeong, Mihye ^b   Lee, Won Jin ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agriculture; exposure; farmers; pesticides; prioritization

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH KOREA; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84903169040     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2014.917349     Document Type: Article

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