Data on pesticide exposure and mental health screening of family farmers in Brazil.
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SUBMITTER: Buralli RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6595273 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
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Data on pesticide exposure and mental health screening of family farmers in Brazil.
Buralli Rafael Junqueira RJ Ribeiro Helena H Leão Renata Spolti RS Marques Rejane Correa RC Guimarães Jean Remy Daveé JRD
Data in brief 20190524
This dataset is part of a risk assessment project that evaluated the human health effects of pesticide exposure in São José de Ubá, State of Rio de Janeiro. This region is one of the greatest tomato producers in Brazil, and pest control is commonly based on the use of pesticides. We interviewed 78 smallholder family farmers about sociodemographic characteristics, pesticide use and exposure, assessed blood cholinesterase as biomarkers (<i>n</i> = 70), and screened all participants for probable co ...[more]
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