[Research on health cost of pesticide application and influence factors].
OBJECTIVE
To measure quantitatively the health costs of 380 farmer families using the pesticides and influence factors, and to provide the base for establishing the protective measures.


METHODS
Based on the surveyed data of rice producers in Anhui province, a quantitative analysis of health cost of pesticide application was conducted with COI, the influence factors on farmers' pesticide application have been examined.


RESULTS
The results shown that the health cost of pesticide application was as RMB 54.44 yuans per farmer a year. The influence factors of health cost were the amount and time of pesticide application, protective facilities, pesticide label illiteracy, age, gender and education level of farmers.


CONCLUSIONS
The measures of reducing the health cost for pesticide application were to train the farmers for knowledge of pesticide application and occupational safety, to provide convenient and cheap protective equipment and instructions of pesticide application and to standardize pesticide labels.
Center of Agricultural and Rural Development/College of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
Hong-Yun
HY
Han
Shu-Kai
SK
Cai
D000383:Agriculture; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000191:economics*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000191:economics*; D010575:Pesticides; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D010575:Pesticides