Health effects of pesticide use among indonesian women farmers: Part I: Exposure and acute health effects

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 61-85

  Murphy, Helen H ^a   Sanusi, Arik ^b   Dilts, Russell ^b   Yuliatingsih, Sri ^b   Djajadisastra, Marlinda ^c   Hirschhorn, Norbert ^d  

^a Integrated Pest Management Project ^*  (Indonesia)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Indonesia)

^c NONE   (Papua New Guinea)

^d WHO Tobacco Free Initiative   (United States)

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EID: 84964079100     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v06n03_06     Document Type: Article

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