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Exposure to Pesticides and Health Effects on Farm Owners and Workers From Conventional and Organic Agricultural Farms in Costa Rica: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Pesticide use is increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) including Costa Rica. This increase poses health risks to farm owners, farm workers, and communities living near agricultural farms. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to examine the health effects associated with occupational pest...

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Autores principales: Fuhrimann, Samuel, Winkler, Mirko S, Staudacher, Philipp, Weiss, Frederik T, Stamm, Christian, Eggen, Rik IL, Lindh, Christian H, Menezes-Filho, José A, Baker, Joseph M, Ramírez-Muñoz, Fernando, Gutiérrez-Vargas, Randall, Mora, Ana M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: JMIR Publications 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30681969
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/10914