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Editorial
. 2018 Jan 3:12:1178630217750876.
doi: 10.1177/1178630217750876. eCollection 2018.

Pesticide Poisonings in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Erik Jørs  1 , Dinesh Neupane  2 , Leslie London  3
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Editorial

Pesticide Poisonings in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Erik Jørs et al. Environ Health Insights. .

Abstract

Aims and scope This editorial is an introduction to the papers making up the special issue on 'pesticide poisonings in low- and middle income countries'.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests:The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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