Knowledge, attitude, and practice of Indonesian farmers regarding the use of personal protective equipment against pesticide exposure

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Yuantari, Maria G C ^a,d   Van Gestel, Cornelis A M ^b   Van Straalen, Nico M ^b   Widianarko, Budi ^a,c   Sunoko, Henna R ^a   Shobib, Muhammad N ^d  

^a DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d DIAN NUSWANTORO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Farmer; Health protection; Knowledge; Pesticide exposure; Practice; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; HEALTH RISKS; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATTITUDE; FARMER; HEALTH PROTECTION; KNOWLEDGE; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE; PRACTICE;

AGRICULTURE;

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; EQUIPMENT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; HEALTH CARE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GLOVE; GOGGLE; HELMET; HUMAN; INDONESIAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MASK; MELON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SHOE; SPECTACLES; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDONESIA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CENTRAL JAVA; INDONESIA;

CUCUMIS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDONESIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84936803485     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4371-3     Document Type: Article

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