Acute pesticide poisoning: A proposed classification tool

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-209

  Thundiyil, Josef G ^a   Stober, Judy ^b   Besbelli, Nida ^c   Pronczuk, Jenny ^b  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c WHO   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH CARE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE; POISONING; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; INTOXICATION; STANDARDIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PESTICIDES; POISONING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 41649087414     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.041814     Document Type: Article

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