Reducing acute poisoning in developing countries--options for restricting the availability of pesticides

Flemming Konradsen; Wim van der Hoek; Donald C Cole; Gerard Hutchinson; Hubert Daisley; Surjit Singh; Michael Eddleston

Reducing acute poisoning in developing countries--options for restricting the availability of pesticides

Flemming Konradsen, Wim van der Hoek, Donald C Cole, Gerard Hutchinson, Hubert Daisley, Surjit Singh, Michael Eddleston

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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Abstract

Udgivelsesdato: 2003-Nov-5

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Toxicology
Vol/bind	192
Udgave nummer	2-3
Sider (fra-til)	249-61
Antal sider	12
ISSN	0300-483X
Status	Udgivet - 2003

Bibliografisk note

Keywords: Acute Disease; Developing Countries; Environmental Pollution; Humans; Occupational Diseases; Occupational Exposure; Pesticides; Poisoning; Risk Factors; World Health Organization

Citationsformater

Reducing acute poisoning in developing countries--options for restricting the availability of pesticides. / Konradsen, Flemming; van der Hoek, Wim; Cole, Donald C; Hutchinson, Gerard; Daisley, Hubert; Singh, Surjit; Eddleston, Michael.

I: Toxicology, Bind 192, Nr. 2-3, 2003, s. 249-61.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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