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. 1987;65(4):521-7.

Survey of acute pesticide poisoning among agricultural workers in four Asian countries

J Jeyaratnam, K C Lun, W O Phoon

Survey of acute pesticide poisoning among agricultural workers in four Asian countries

J Jeyaratnam et al. Bull World Health Organ. 1987.

Abstract

The study investigated the extent of acute pesticide poisoning in selected agricultural communities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as well as the contributing factors, because it is believed that this type of poisoning is a major problem in developing countries, but not in the industrialized countries, despite their extensive use of pesticides. The study confirmed the existence of this problem, which was found to be due to inadequate knowledge of the safe practices in the use of pesticides among users and to the lack of suitable protective clothing for use by agricultural workers in hot and humid climates.

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