Abebe Getu Derso and Getachew Gashaw Dagnew. Exposure and Health Risk Assessment of Farmers to DDT during Khat Production in Chiro Woreda, West Hararghe Zone: Ethiopia.
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pesticides, health risk assessment, DDT, protective
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