Number of documents: 66
Health Effects of Pesticide use among Indonesian Women Farmers. Part II: Reproductive Health outcomes
Case study
2000 - Journal of Agromedicine - Helen Murphy, Arik Sanusi, Russ Dilts, S. Yuliantiningsih, N. Hirschhorn, M. Djajadisastra
A study conducted on female spray operators and a non operators to assess the reproductive impacts of pesticide use.
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Health Effects of Pesticide use among Indonesian Women Farmers. Part I: Exposure and Acute Health Effects
Case study
1999 - Journal of Agromedicine - Helen H. Murphy FNP, MHS , Arik Sanusi , Russell Dilts EdD , Sri Yuliatingsih , Marlinda Djajadisastra, Norbert Hirschhorn MD
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A Comparison of Two IPM Training in China: The Importance of Concepts of the Rice Ecosystem for Sustainable Insect Pest Management
Case study
1998 - Agriculture and Human Values - James Mangan, Margaret S. Mangan
The present study in China of two Integrated Pest Management (IPM) training programs for farmers shows that one is more effective than the other in reducing pesticide applications as well as in imparting to farmers an understanding of the rice ecosystem. The two training programs are based upon two different [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
The Health Effects of Pesticide Use Methods to Conduct Community Studies with School Age Children
Training material
1997 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Helen Murphy
These materials and exercises will help school children understand the dangers of pesticide use. The author is interviewed about her work during the Toxic Trail Documentary.
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Relationship of Pesticide Spraying to Signs and Symptoms in Indonesian Farmers
Technical background material
1995 - Scand J Work Environ Health - Kishi M, Hirschhorn N, Djajadisastra M, Satterlee LN, Strowman S, Dilts R.
Objectives: This study assessed correlations between exposure to pesticides and signs and symptoms of pesticide toxicity among Indonesian farmers.
Methods: Detailed observations were recorded of spray frequency and pesticide handling, dermal exposure, and the chemicals used. Symptoms of acute illness were reported by the farmers, and signs of poisoning were [...]
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Acute Pesticide Poisoning: A Major Global Health Problem
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1990 - World Health Statistics Department - J. Jeyaratnam
A global 1990 analysis on pesticides and the dangers they cause to health and crops.
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