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Estimating Health Impacts of Pesticides Use: New Evidence from Vegetable Farmers in Sri Lanka

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  • Wasantha Athukorala
  • Muditha Karunarathna

    (Department of Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)

  • Saman Yapa Bandara

    (Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Sri Lanka)

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Pesticides are a significant and growing component of the modern agricultural practices...

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  • Wasantha Athukorala & Muditha Karunarathna & Saman Yapa Bandara, 2022. "Estimating Health Impacts of Pesticides Use: New Evidence from Vegetable Farmers in Sri Lanka," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 41(2), pages 32473-32481, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:41:y:2022:i:2:p:32473-32481
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.41.006565
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