Crossfire of Contamination: Pesticide Exposure and Metabolic Health Risks Among Highland Farmers

Vivien How1, Noor Hafizah Binti Mohamed Rosli, Farah Izzati Binti Fakrullah

  • 1From the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia (V.H., N.H.b.M.R., F.I.b.F., R.A., H.Y.B.); and Department of Toxicology, Advanced Medical and Dental Insitute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia (M.N.b.M.).

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