[Description of the habits of agricultural workers in relation to the applying of pesticides].
OBJECTIVE
To find the habits of farm-workers when they apply these products, to detect dangerous practices, to find the most important defects in farm-workers' protection and to analyse the personal variables associated with the level of self-protection.


METHODS
Descriptive cross-sectional study.


METHODS
Primary Care. Rural Health Centre.


METHODS
Farm-workers and spouses in our Health Area who underwent a health examination.


RESULTS
A questionnaire was designed specifically for the study and filled out by the doctor or nurse at the centre where the person interviewed was registered. 72.8% of the farm-workers had inadequate protection. 79.3% said they had suffered on some occasion symptoms related to pesticide use.


CONCLUSIONS
In the rural health areas where there is intensive agriculture, exposure to pesticides is a major health problem, as these substances are hazardous and people applying them wear inadequate protection. Action strategies in this field involve integrating health at work services into health centres. Health education tasks have to be coordinated with the agricultural organisations in the area, such as associations for the defense of plants, cooperatives, etc.
Subías Loren
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PJ
Area básica de salud de Canet de Mar Barcelona.
López Crespi
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F
Brosa Luengo
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Salvador Milian
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Casanova Sandoval
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JM
Moragues Farres
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D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000383:Agriculture; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D017575:Gloves, Protective; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010575:Pesticides / Q000009:adverse effects; D011481:Protective Clothing; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D010575:Pesticides
Descripción de los hábitos de los agricultores en relación con la aplicación de plaguicidas.