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Pesticides and farmer health in Nicaragua: a willingness-to-pay approach to evaluation

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  • Hermann Waibel

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  • Hildegard Garming & Hermann Waibel, 2009. "Pesticides and farmer health in Nicaragua: a willingness-to-pay approach to evaluation," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 10(2), pages 125-133, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:10:y:2009:i:2:p:125-133
    DOI: 10.1007/s10198-008-0110-9
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