Where Is the Evidence for Treatments Used in Pesticide Poisoning? Is Clinical Toxicology Fiddling while the Developing World Burns?

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-116

  Buckley, Nicholas A ^a,b,g   Karalliedde, Lakshman ^a,c   Dawson, Andrew ^a,d   Senanayake, Nimal ^a,e   Eddleston, Michael ^a,f  

^a S Asian Clin Toxicol Res Collab   (Sri Lanka)

^b Canberra Clinical School   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Evidence based medicine; Pesticide; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE;

CHINESE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTOXICATION; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1842428877     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-120028756     Document Type: Editorial

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