Pesticide safety among farmworkers: perceived risk and perceived control as factors reflecting environmental justice.
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Pesticide safety among farmworkers: perceived risk and perceived control as factors reflecting environmental justice.
Farmworkers in the United States constitute a population at risk for serious environmental and occupational illness and injury as well as health disparities typically associated with poverty. Pesticides are a major source of occupational injury and illness to which farmworkers are exposed. Efforts to provide safety training for farmworkers have not been fully evaluated. Based on the Health Beli...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110s2233