Data on pesticide exposure and mental health screening of family farmers in Brazil

Autor: Rafael Junqueira Buralli, Helena Ribeiro, Renata Spolti Leão, Rejane Correa Marques, Jean Remy Daveé Guimarães
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Data in Brief, Vol 25, Iss , Pp - (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2352-3409
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103993
Popis: 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 (n = 70), and screened all participants for probable common mental disorders through the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). Keywords: Farmers, Mental health, Occupational exposure, Pesticides, Agricultural worker's diseases
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