Trabalho rural, uso de agrotóxicos e adoecimento: um estudo bibliométrico

Abstract

This study analyzed the scientific research about the relationships between the use of pesticides and diseases in the rural work. It is a quantitative base study that evaluates the dispersion of knowledge and the subject in the following means of scientific dis semination in Brazil: Scielo.org, Regional Portal of the Virtual Health Library (BVS, in portuguese) and PubMed using the bibliometric analysis of the available articles in these repositories, rescuing the relationship between the use of pesticides and the diseases of rural workers. It was noted that the academic production on the theme has been growing over the last decade and that even then there is still a lack of studies in the area. There is a preponderance of studies that show the affectation of the biopsychological health of rural workers in relation to the use of pesticides.