Occupational hazards and health cost of women cotton pickers in Pakistani Punjab
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15380391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Khuda Bakhsh (0000-0001-5607-3370, COMSATS University Islamabad, corresponding author), Naeem Ahmad (0000-0002-5023-8362), Muhammad Asif Kamran (Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology), Sarfraz Hassan (University of Agriculture Faisalabad), Qasir Abbas (0000-0002-4304-7904, University of Agriculture Faisalabad), Rashed Saeed, Muhammad Sadiq Hashmi (Karakoram International University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 961-961 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-016-3635-3 |
| PMID | 27618928 |
| OpenAlex | W2519826403 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
Cotton pickers working in Bt cotton fields are found to have less occupational health hazards compared to those working in non-Bt cotton fields. Thus generating awareness among cotton pickers for adopting precautionary measures during harvesting and the use of Bt cotton seed can result in a decline in the ill-effects of cotton picking
Agronomy · Biology · Bt cotton · Environmental health · Gossypium · Pesticide · Insect Pest Control Strategies · Insect Resistance and Genetics · Medicine · Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity · Biotechnology · Toxicology
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2020 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |