Research Article
Total Pesticide Exposure Calculation among Vegetable Farmers in Benguet, Philippines
Table 4
Bivariate Analysis between Total Pesticide Exposure and Certain Risk Factors. Correlation significant at P = .05 level.
| Exposure factors | Pearson correlation coefficient ( value) |
| Amount of pesticide used (in liters) | .465 (.001) | Years of pesticide use | .247 (.003) | Wiping sweat with contaminated piece of fabric | .155 (.049) | Insecticides | .351 (.001) | Fungicides | .177 (.025) | Instructions given through trainings | .167 (.036) | Agricultural pesticide applicator/mixer/loader | .180 (.023) |
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