Economic burden of illness from pesticide poisonings in highland Ecuador
Active surveillance of acute pesticide poisonings in a potato-growing region of highland Ecuador during 1991-1992 uncovered a rate of 171/100 000, due predominantly to occupational exposures to organophosphate and carbamate pesticides. Occupational exposure among agricultural workers was the most co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2000-09-01
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| Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892000000800007&lng=en&tlng=en |