Personal safety issues related to the use of pesticides in agricultural production in the Al-Batinah region of Northern Oman

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 457-461

  Al Zadjali, Said ^a,b   Morse, Stephen ^b   Chenoweth, Jonathan ^b   Deadman, Mike ^c  

^a Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Oman; Personal protective equipment; Pesticide storage; Pesticides; Safety; Socio economic aspects

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; OMAN; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PERSONAL SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS;

PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROCHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; STORAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STORAGE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKPLACE;

AL BATINAH; OMAN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OMAN; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84907687776     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.044     Document Type: Article

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