Decline in pesticide poisonings in the United States from 1995 to 2004

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 589-592

  Blondell, Jerome M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insecticide; Pesticide; Poisoning; Trends

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; STRYCHNINE;

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; POISON CENTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CARBAMATES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; POISONING; STRYCHNINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547186652     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701397035     Document Type: Article

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