Acute human lethal toxicity of agricultural pesticides: A prospective cohort study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Dawson, Andrew H ^a,b,c   Eddleston, Michael ^a,d,e   Senarathna, Lalith ^a   Mohamed, Fahim ^a   Gawarammana, Indika ^a   Bowe, Steven J ^b   Manuweera, Gamini ^f   Buckley, Nicholas A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f Hort Devmt and Research Institute   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; GLYPHOSATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARAQUAT; PROPANIL; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF POISONING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; INTOXICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; RAT; SRI LANKA; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGROCHEMICALS; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PESTICIDES; POISONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RATS; SRI LANKA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149397168     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000357     Document Type: Article

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