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Chronic pesticide exposure: Health effects among pesticide sprayers in Southern India [1]

Occupational health has never been a priority for policy makers in India, despite 63% of the Indian population being in the economically productive age group. The study was designed to find out the morbidity as a result of long-term exposure to pesticides among professional pesticide sprayers in a rural block in Tamil Nadu.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
01/08/2015
Philip Mathew [3], Arun Jose [4], Reginald George Alex & et al [5]
Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine [6]
19
2
95-101
Tags:
Pesticide Use [7], Health Effects [8], India [9], Agriculture [10], Tamil Nadu [11]
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[2] http://www.ijoem.com/article.asp?issn=0019-5278;year=2015;volume=19;issue=2;spage=95;epage=101;aulast=Mathew;type=0
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/reginald-george-alex-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/indian-journal-occupational-and-environmental-medicine
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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu