Toxicoepidemiology in Zimbabwe: Pesticide poisoning admissions to major hospitals

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Tagwireyi, Dexter ^a   Ball, Douglas ^b   Nhachi, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Acute pesticide poisoning; Toxicoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; RODENTICIDE;

ACCIDENT; ACUTE PESTICIDE POISONING; ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; SELF POISONING; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZIMBABWE; ACUTE DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACCIDENTS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33644888288     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650500394878     Document Type: Article

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