Risk factors for acute pesticide poisoning in Sri Lanka

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 589-596

  Van Der Hoek, Wim ^a   Konradsen, Flemming ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Pesticides; Poisoning; Risk factors; Self harm; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE;

HEALTH RISK; PESTICIDE; POISONING;

ACUTE PESTICIDE POISONING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMOTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SRI LANKA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURE; ENDOSULFAN; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD;

EID: 20444374737     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01416.x     Document Type: Article

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