Use of chemical pesticides in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional comparative study Onknowledge, attitude and practice of farmers and farm workers in three farming systems

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 551-566

  Negatu, Beyene ^a,b   Kromhout, Hans ^a   Mekonnen, Yalemtshay ^c   Vermeulen, Roel ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Chemical Pesticides; Ethiopia; Farm Types; Knowledge Attitude Practice; Training

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; APPLICATORS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMICAL HAZARDS; CONTAINERS; HEALTH RISKS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

CHEMICAL PESTICIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS; ETHIOPIA; INSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENCES; KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE PRACTICE; PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENTS; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PESTICIDE APPLICATORS;

PESTICIDES;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FARMERS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979233592     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mew004     Document Type: Article

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