You have arrived at a family farm, where you find a farmer complaining of severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. He states that he was preparing chemicals to spread on the fields when the container slipped and spilled on him. You suspect that your patient has become contaminated through a(n) ________.
◦ indirect pathway
◦ direct pathway
◦ exposure pathway
◦ cross-contamination pathway