Citation

Chan TY, Critchley JA. Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health 1993; 24(4): 769-771.

Affiliation

Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, SEAMO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7939956

Abstract

A review of 43 adult cases of pesticide poisoning admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong shows that acute exposures to pesticides are more often due to parasuicide (77%) than to accidents (23%). Most accidents are caused by contaminated green leafy vegetables. Serious intoxications or complications were seen in 11 patients (26%). Of the five fatalities, four were due to paraquat.

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