African Journal of
Environmental Science and Technology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0786
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJEST
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 1129

Full Length Research Paper

Pesticide exposures in a malarious and predominantly farming area in Central Ghana

Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise
  • Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise
  • Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Brong Ahafo Region, Kintampo, Ghana.
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Patrick L. Kinney
  • Patrick L. Kinney
  • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Kwaku Poku Asante
  • Kwaku Poku Asante
  • Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Brong Ahafo Region, Kintampo, Ghana.
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Darby Jack
  • Darby Jack
  • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Ellen Abrafi Boamah
  • Ellen Abrafi Boamah
  • Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Brong Ahafo Region, Kintampo, Ghana.
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Robin Whyatt
  • Robin Whyatt
  • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Mohammed Mujtaba
  • Mohammed Mujtaba
  • Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Brong Ahafo Region, Kintampo, Ghana.
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Alexander Manu
  • Alexander Manu
  • Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Brong Ahafo Region, Kintampo, Ghana.
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Seth Owusu-Agyei
  • Seth Owusu-Agyei
  • Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, P. O. Box 200, Brong Ahafo Region, Kintampo, Ghana.
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Blair J. Wylie
  • Blair J. Wylie
  • Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Vincent Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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  •  Received: 06 April 2015
  •  Accepted: 10 July 2015
  •  Published: 30 August 2015

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