Open AccessPesticide induced complications among pistachio farmers: In the rural area of Rafsanjan, Iran (2010)
Author(s) -
V Tavakolian Ferdosieyeh,
M Karimifared,
Abbas Esmaeili,
Hassanshahi Gh,
Reza Vazirinejad
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of occupational health and epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2252-0902
pISSN - 2251-8096
DOI - 10.18869/acadpub.johe.1.2.111
Subject(s) - medicine , pesticide , rural area , agriculture , environmental health , descriptive statistics , toxicology , geography , biology , agronomy , pathology , statistics , mathematics , archaeology
Received: July 2012, Accepted: October 2012 Background: Pesticides have important effects on human health. Due to the wide range of pesticide application and also involvement of more than 60% of people living in this study area in the agriculture, it is essential to assess the side effects of these biohazards. Therefore, we designed this study to assess the impact of using pesticides on the health status of pistachio farmers, in rural area of Rafsanjan, Iran. Material and Methods : In this descriptive study we have analysed the side effects of pesticides on farmers who used these substances in pistachio farms. A sample of 115 male farmers in the rural area of
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