Acute poisoning with pesticides in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 357, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 88-95

  Recena, Maria Celina Piazza ^a   Pires, Dario Xavier ^a   Caldas, Eloisa Dutra ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil; Pesticide poisoning; Rural population

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENZYMES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RURAL AREAS;

CASE FATALITY RATE (CFR); PESTICIDE POISONING; STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT;

HERBICIDES;

CARBOFURAN; DIMETHOATE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; METHAMIDOPHOS; PESTICIDE;

PESTICIDE; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33244478737     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.04.029     Document Type: Article

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