Browsing Artículos científicos by Subject "NICARAGUA"

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    • Determinants of dermal exposure among Nicaraguan subsistence farmers during pesticide applications with backpack sprayers 

      Blanco, Luis; Aragón, Aurora; Lundberg, Ingvar; Lidén, Carola; Wesseling, Catharina; Nise, Gun (British Occupational Hygiene Society, 2005)
      Identification of pesticide exposure determinants has become an issue in explaining exposure variability and improving control measures. Most studies have been conducted in industrialized countries. The aim of this study ...

    • Fatal occupational injuries in Nicaragua, 2005 

      López Bonilla, Indiana Mercedes; Flores Urbina, Lucía; Partanen, Timo; Wesseling, Catharina (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua, León., 2011)
      We attempt to estimate the rate of fatal occupational injuries (FOI) in Nicaragua for 2005, using 10 incomplete data sources. Based on the 173 identified FOIs, the crude empirical FOI rate estimate was 8.3 per 100,000 ...

    • Informality, social citizenship, and wellbeing among migrant workers in Costa Rica in the context of COVID-19 

      Poirier, Mathieu; Barraza, Douglas; Caxaj, C. Susana; Martínez, Ana María; Hard, Julie; Montoya, Felipe (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2022-05-20)
      Costa Rica is home to 557,000 migrants, whose disproportionate exposure to precarious, dangerous, and informal work has resulted in persistent inequities in health and wellbeing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We ...