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Acute Human Lethal Toxicity of Agricultural Pesticides: A Prospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Agricultural pesticide poisoning is a major public health problem in the developing world, killing at least 250,000–370,000 people each year. Targeted pesticide restrictions in Sri Lanka over the last 20 years have reduced pesticide deaths by 50% without decreasing agricultural output. H...

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Autores principales: Dawson, Andrew H., Eddleston, Michael, Senarathna, Lalith, Mohamed, Fahim, Gawarammana, Indika, Bowe, Steven J., Manuweera, Gamini, Buckley, Nicholas A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964340/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21048990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000357