Journal article
Dermatitis in Ecuadorean farm workers
Abstract
Using a cross-sectional survey of potato farm workers in northern Ecuador, we examined the relationship between pesticide exposure and skin disorders. From a farm population census, all pesticide applicators and 1/2 of exposed field workers were selected. Controls were age-matched from urban occupations. Individual exposure measures included overall years and current hours working with pesticides. Farm-level measures included numbers of …
Authors
Cole DC; Carpio F; Julian J; Léon N
Journal
Contact Dermatitis, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 1–8
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 1997
DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00367.x
ISSN
0105-1873