Acute pesticide poisoning and pesticide registration in Central America

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 207, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 697-705

  Wesseling, Catharina ^a   Corriols, Marianela ^b   Bravo, Viria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Pesticides; Poisonings; Risk assessment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID; ENDOSULFAN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARAQUAT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PESTICIDE POISONING; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

EID: 24644485712     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2005.03.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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