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Do Targeted Bans of Insecticides to Prevent Deaths from Self-Poisoning Result in Reduced Agricultural Output?

BACKGROUND: The pesticides monocrotophos, methamidophos, and endosulfan were a very common cause of severe poisoning in Sri Lanka during the 1980s and early 1990s, before they were banned in 1995 and 1998. Now, the most commonly used insecticides are the less toxic World Health Organization Class II...

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Autores principales: Manuweera, Gamini, Eddleston, Michael, Egodage, Samitha, Buckley, Nick A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2291009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18414632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11029

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