Mortality of intentional and unintentional pesticide poisonings in Germany from 1980 to 2010

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 170-180

  Moebus, Susanne ^a   Bödeker, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Epicurus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; mortality; pesticide poisoning; pesticides; public health; suicides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; SUICIDE;

EID: 84928479159     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2014.56     Document Type: Article

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