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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...
Autores principales: | Dawson, Andrew H., Eddleston, Michael, Senarathna, Lalith, Mohamed, Fahim, Gawarammana, Indika, Bowe, Steven J., Manuweera, Gamini, Buckley, Nicholas A. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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