TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Effects of safety behaviours with pesticide use on occurrence of acute symptoms in male and female tobacco-growing Malaysian farmers
JO  - Industrial health
A1  - Nordi, Rusli Bin
A1  - Araki, Shunichi
A1  - Sato, Hiroaki
A1  - Yokoyama, K.
A1  - Wan Muda, Wan Abdul Manan Bin
A1  - Win Kyi, Daw
SP  - 182
EP  - 190
VL  - 40
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0019-8366
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -