RETRACTED ARTICLE: The global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review

Abstract Background Human poisoning by pesticides has long been seen as a severe public health problem. As early as 1990, a task force of the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that about one million unintentional pesticide poisonings occur annually, leading to approximately 20,000 deaths. Th...

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Published in:BMC Public Health
Main Authors: Wolfgang Boedeker, Meriel Watts, Peter Clausing, Emily Marquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Subjects:
Pesticide
Insecticide
Herbicide
Poisoning
Mortality
Morbidity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09939-0

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09939-0

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