Hazardous Effects of Pesticides on Human Health

Balázs Ádám¹, Pierluigi Cocco², Lode Godderis^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates.
² Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Division of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
³ Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.

Editorial

Balázs Ádám et al. Toxics. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 28;12(3):186.

doi: 10.3390/toxics12030186.

Balázs Ádám¹, Pierluigi Cocco², Lode Godderis^{3

4}

¹ Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates.
² Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, Division of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
³ Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ IDEWE, External Service for Prevention and Protection at Work, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.

Abstract

Pesticides, a major group of biocides, are designed to control harmful and/or unwanted organisms [...].

The author declares no conflicts of interest.

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