Pesticide intoxications in the Centre of Portugal: three years analysis

• Author(s): Teixeira, Helena ; Proença, Paula ; Alvarenga, Margarida ; Oliveira, Margarida ; Marques, Estela P. ; Vieira, Duarte Nuno
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10316/4781
• Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Forensic intoxication; Pesticides; Retrospective study
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Pesticides are used in most countries around the world to protect agricultural and horticultural crops against damage. Poisoning by these toxicant agents occurs as a result of misuse or accidental exposure, and also by oral ingestion (voluntary or not). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T6W-4CG2KCF-3/1/a984b74c115ed266957d3ffa34951b0b