@article{ref1,
title="Effects of safety behaviours with pesticide use on occurrence of acute symptoms in male and female tobacco-growing Malaysian farmers",
journal="Industrial health",
year="2002",
author="Nordi, Rusli Bin and Araki, Shunichi and Sato, Hiroaki and Yokoyama, K. and Wan Muda, Wan Abdul Manan Bin and Win Kyi, Daw",
volume="40",
number="2",
pages="182-190",
abstract="The effects of safety behaviours associated with pesticide use on the occurrence of acute organ symptoms in 395 male and 101 female tobacco-growing farmers in Malaysia were studied. We used a 15-questionnaire checklist on safe pesticide-use behaviours and a 25-questionnaire checklist on acute organ symptoms reported shortly after spraying pesticides. Results of stepwise multiple linear regression analysis indicated that no smoking while spraying, good sprayer-condition, and changing clothes immediately after spraying significantly prevented occurrence of acute symptoms just after pesticide spray in male farmers; in female farmers, only wearing a hat while spraying significantly prevented the symptoms. Safety behaviours in pesticide use in male and female tobacco-growing farmers are discussed in the light of these findings.",
language="",
issn="0019-8366",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}