Epidemiological Studies of Anticholinesterase Pesticide Poisoning in Spain

Anticholinesterase Pesticides: Metabolism, Neurotoxicity, and Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 495-508

  Hernández, Antonio F ^a   Parrón, Tesifón ^b   Serrano, José L ^b   Marín, Porfirio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Delegación Provincial de la Consejería de Salud de Almería   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anticholinesterase pesticide poisoning in Spain epidemiological studies; Bivariate analysis, showing associations between top ten pesticides responsible for acute poisoning episodes; Epidemiological Surveillance Program on Acute Pesticide Poisoning (ESPAPP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885823692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470640500.ch36     Document Type: Chapter

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