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Acute human lethal toxicity of agricultural pesticides: A prospective cohort study [1]

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In a prospective cohort study of patients presenting with pesticide self-poisoning, Andrew Dawson and colleagues investigate the relative human toxicity of agricultural pesticides and contrast it with WHO toxicity classifications, which are based on toxicity in rats.

Publication Date: 
25/10/2010
Andrew H. Dawson [2], Michael Eddleston [3], Lalith Senarathna & et al [4]
PLoS Medicine [5]
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Pesticides And Toxins [6], Health Effects [7], Toxicity Studies [8], Sri Lanka [9], Pesticide Use [10], South Asia [11], Pesticide Poisoning [12], Chlorpyriphos [13], Diazinon [14], Malathion [15], Acute Toxicity [16]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/andrew-h-dawson
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michael-eddleston
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lalith-senarathna-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-medicine
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides-and-toxins
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxicity-studies
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sri-lanka
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-use
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-asia
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-poisoning
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chlorpyriphos
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diazinon
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malathion
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/acute-toxicity