Estimates of acute pesticide poisoning in agricultural workers in less developed countries

Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-278

  Litchfield, Melville H ^a  

^a Melrose Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ACCIDENT; ACUTE TOXICITY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CROP PROTECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; POISONING;

EID: 33644674765     PISSN: 11762551     EISSN: 11762551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00139709-200524040-00006     Document Type: Article

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