Association between pesticide exposure and suicide rates in Brazil

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 355-362

  Faria, Neice Muller Xavier ^a   Fassa, Anaclaudia Gastal ^a   Meucci, Rodrigo Dalke ^a  

^a Pelotas Federal University   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ecological study; Pesticide; Poisoning; Suicide

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATHOLICISM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SUICIDE;

EID: 84921412399     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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