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Pesticide poisoning

Articles on the following themes have been map

1983 - Practical measures to reduce poisoning
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Pesticide - an overview with particuler reference to Sri Lanka
  - Pesticide poisioning in Srl Lanka
  - Pesticide legislations in Sri Lanka
  - SLASS project of safe use of agrochemicals
     
1986 - Blood cholinesterase levels among agricultural workers in four asian countries
     
1989 - Preventable acute organophospate poisoning deaths
     
1990 - Acute pesticide poisoning :A major global health problem
  - An unusual case of fatal accidental paraquat poisioning
     
1994 - Pesticide poisioning among farmers in a health area in Sri Lanka
  - Health hazards of pesticide use in Mahaweli H - Sri Lanka
     
1995 -
Protective measure use and symptoms among agropesticide applicators in Sri Lanka
     
1997 -
Deliberate self-poisoning in Sri Lanka - improving medical management through clinincal research
     
1998 -
Acute organophosphorus insecticide poisoning in Sri Lanka
  - Agrochemical poisoning in Sri Lanka
  - Pattern of acute poisoning in a medical unit in central Sri Lanka
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Pattern of pesticide use and pesticide efficacy among chili growers in the dry zone of NE Sri Lanka (System B) perception vs reality
  - Suicides and Pesticides in Sri Lanka
     
1999 - Organophosphorus poisoning and anesthesia
  - Parquat poisoning
  - Prevention of non-communacable disease - Challanges in the next century
     
2001 - Paraquat in developing countries
     
2002 - Effects of exposure to organophospate pesticides on nerve and neuromusculer function
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Management of severe organophosphorus pesticide poisoning
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Oximes in Acute Organophosphate Pesticide Poisoning a systamic review of clinical trails
  - Pesticide poisoning in the developing world—a minimum pesticides list
  - Recording acute poisoning deaths
  - Severe Propanil Pesticide Self-Poisoning
  - Suicide lin elderly
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The National Poisons Information Centre in Sri Lanka The First Ten Years
     
2003 - Clinical Toxinology—Where Are We Now?
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Does Gastric Lavage Really Push Poisons Beyond the Pylorus? A Systematic Review of the Evidence
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Influence of pesticide regulation on acute poisoning deaths in Sri Lanka
  - Minimum pesticide list
  - Pesticide regulations in Sri Lanka
  - Prospects for treatment of paraquat induced lung fibrosis
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Reducing acute poisoning in developing countries options for restricting the availability of pesticides
     
2004 -
Acute human self-Poisoning with the N-Phenylpyrazole insecticide Fipronil- a GABA -Gated Chloride Channel Blocker
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Early management after self-poisoning with an organophosphorus or carbamate pesticide - a tretment protocol for junior docters
  - Low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides leads to restrictive lung disease
  - Refractory status epilepticus following self-poisoning with the organochlorine pesticide endosulfan
  - Self poisoning with pesticide
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Speed of Initial Atropinisation in Significant Organophosphorus Pesticide Poisoning A Systematic Comparison of Recommended Regimens
  - Trends and dynamics of youth suicides in developing countries
  - Where Is the Evidence for Treatments Used in Pesticide Poisoning
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Survival Pattern in Patients with Acute Organophosphate Poisoning Receiving Intensive Care
     
2005 -
Collaborative research trials: A strategy for fostering mental health protections in developing nations
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Differences between organophosphorus insecticides in human self-poisoning: a prospective cohort study
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Epidemiology of intentional self poisoning in rural Sri Lanka
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Intentional self-poisoning with the chlorophenoxy herbicide 4- chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid (MCPA)
  - Missing deaths from pesticide self-poisoning at the IFCS
  - Risk factors for acute pesticide poisoning in Sri Lanka
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Studying suicide from the life course perspective implication for prevention
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The need for translational research on antidotes for pesticide poisoning
     
2006 -
Deliberate self harm in Sri Lanka an overlooked tragedy in the developing world
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Demographic risk factors in pesticide related suicides in Sri Lanka.
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Patterns of hospital transfer for self- poisoned patient in rural Sri Lanka implications for estimating the incidance of self - poisioning in the developing world
  - Reaching for the bottle of pesticide—A cry for help

 

 

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