Effects of a provincial ban of two toxic organophosphorus insecticides on pesticide poisoning hospital admissions

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 202-209

  Eddleston, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Adhikari, Sriyantha ^d   Egodage, Samitha ^d   Ranganath, Hasantha ^d   Mohamed, Fahim ^c,d   Manuweera, Gamini ^e   Azher, Shifa ^f   Jayamanne, Shaluka ^c,f   Juzczak, Edmund ^g   Sheriff, Mh Rezvi ^c,d   Dawson, Andrew H ^c,h   Buckley, Nick A ^c,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^e Department of Agriculture   (Sri Lanka)

^f Polonnaruwa General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interventional study; Organophosphorus pesticides; Pesticide poisoning; Pesticide regulation; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CARBOSULFAN; DIMETHOATE; ENDOSULFAN; FENTHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARAQUAT;

ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LAW; PESTICIDE POISONING; RURAL AREA; SELF POISONING; SRI LANKA; SUICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; POISONING; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84857717655     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2012.660573     Document Type: Article

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