RETRACTED ARTICLE: The global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review

Boedeker, Wolfgang; Watts, Meriel; Clausing, Peter; Marquez, Emily

doi:10.1186/s12889-020-09939-0

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: The global distribution of acute unintentional pesticide poisoning: estimations based on a systematic review

Published in BMC Public Health • Dec 7, 2020

Authors:

Wolfgang Boedeker

Meriel Watts

Peter Clausing

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Human poisoning by pesticides has long been seen as a severe public health problem. As early as 1990, a task force of the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that about one million unintentional pesticide poisonings occur annually, leading to approximately 20,000 deaths. Thirty yea...

Subject

Biostatistics

Medicine

Public health

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