TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Poisoning treatment centre admissions following acute incidents involving pesticides
JO  - Human toxicology
A1  - Proudfoot, A. T.
A1  - Dougall, H.
SP  - 255
EP  - 258
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
N2  - 1. Adult hospital admissions following acute exposures to pesticides are very uncommon and are more often due to parasuicide than to accidents. 2. Most accidental pesticide incidents are work-related. 3. Males are more likely to be involved than females (2.9:1). 4. Life-threatening and fatal consequences developed in 24% of 54 incidents. 5. Of the 10 fatalities, eight were caused by paraquat, eight were due to parasuicide and two to non-work related accidents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0144-5952
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -