ARTIGO ARTICLE1298
Cad.
Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, 20(5):1298-1308, set-out, 2004
Trabalho rural e intoxicações por agrotóxicos
Rural work and pesticide poisoning
1 Faculdade de Medicina,
Universidade Federal
de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil....
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ARTIGO ARTICLE1298
Cad.
Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro, 20(5):1298-1308, set-out, 2004
Trabalho rural e intoxicações por agrotóxicos
Rural work and pesticide poisoning
1 Faculdade de Medicina,
Universidade Federal
de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brasil.
Correspondência
N.
M.
X.
Faria
Rua República 80/1401, Bento
Gonçalves, RS
95700-000, Brasil.
neicef@italnet.
com.
br
Neice Müller Xavier Faria 1
Luiz Augusto Facchini 1
Anaclaudia Gastal Fassa 1
Elaine Tomasi 1
Abstract
Pesticide use is intensive in Brazilian agriculture.
Population-based studies on the characteristics of pesticide use
and pesticide poisoning are scarce.
This study describes the
profile of occupational exposure and pesticide poisoning
incidence.
Farm characteristics and pesticide occupational
exposure were evaluated using a cross-sectional design.
Among 1,379 farmers/ farm workers, annual incidence of
pesticide poisoning was 2.
2 episodes per 100 exposed.
Based on Poisson regression, applying pesticide, reentering
crop f
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