Community and household socioeconomic factors associated with pesticide-using, small farm household members' health: a multi-level, longitudinal analysis
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Community and household socioeconomic factors associated with pesticide-using, small farm household members' health: a multi-level, longitudinal analysis
BACKGROUND Longitudinal studies using multi-level models to examine health inequalities in lower and middle income countries (LMICs) are rare. We explored socio-economic gradients in health among small farm members participating in a pesticide-related health and agriculture program in highland Ecuador. METHODS We profiled 24 communities through key informant interviews, secondary data (percen...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Equity in Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1475-9276
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-54