Pesticide poisoning in Zhejiang, China: A retrospective analysis of adult cases registration by occupational disease surveillance and reporting systems from 2006 to 2010

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Meibian ^a   Fang, Xinglin ^a   Zhou, Lifang ^a   Su, Liling ^b   Zheng, Jiajia ^b   Jin, Minjuan ^b   Zou, Hua ^a   Chen, Guangdi ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOFURAN; CHLORPHENAMIDINE; DELTAMETHRIN; DICHLORVOS; DIMEHYPO; FLUOROACETAMIDE; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ISOCARBOPHOS; METHAMIDOPHOS; METHOMYL; METRIFONATE; OMETHOATE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PARAQUAT; PARATHION; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; RODENTICIDE; TETRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHINA; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84890380754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003510     Document Type: Article

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