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Influence of pesticide regulation on acute poisoning deaths in Sri Lanka

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2003

Authors

Roberts, Darren
Karunaratne, Ayanthi
Buckley, Nicholas
Manuweera, Gamini
Sheriff, M H Rezvi
Eddleston, Michael

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World Health Organization (WHO Press)

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Objectives: To assess in a developing Asian country the impact of pesticide regulation on the number of deaths from poisoning. These regulations, which were implemented in Sri Lanka from the 1970s, aimed to reduce the number of deaths - the majority from

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Keywords: carbamate pesticide; endosulfan; methamidophos; monocrotophos; organophosphate pesticide; paraquat; parathion; pesticide; mortality; pesticide; poisoning; regulatory approach; agriculture; article; case fatality proportion; case finding; developing countr Agriculture; Endosulfan/poisoning/supply and distribution; Insecticides, Carbamate/poisoning/supply and distribution; Insecticides, Organophosphate/poisoning/supply and distribution; Legislation; Poisoning/mortality; Safety management; Sri Lanka

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/88543

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ANU Research Publications

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Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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