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Prognostic potential of selected hematological biomarkers in acutely poisoned pesticide patients [PDF]
The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied ToxicologyBackground: Acute pesticide poisoning (APP) is a major cause of illness and death around the world. Identifying high-risk patients quickly with available prognostic markers is crucial for improving outcomes.
Reham El-Farouny +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 Background The high incidence of pesticide ingestion as a means to commit suicide is a critical public health problem. An important predictor of suicidal behavior is suicide ideation, which is related to stress.
Jun Feng, Shu-Sheng Li, Hua-Wen Chen
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Remaking State Power Through a Paraquat Ban in Malaysia
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the role of the state in its ability to enact environmental regulations. Specifically, this study investigates how Malaysian state actors changed, shifted and betrayed various, oftentimes competing interests to ban paraquat, an acutely toxic herbicide.
Caitlyn Sears
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Health information systems and pesticide poisoning at Pernambuco.
Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology, 2015 INTRODUCTION Understanding the epidemiologic profile of a particular disease is key to undertake health actions. To that end, information systems that present quality data help in the decision-making process and demonstrate the impact of the problems ...
Pedro Costa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque +4 more
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Following recent calls to deepen understanding of the Global Pesticide Complex, this article delves into the China‐to‐Australia supply chain of a single herbicide—paraquat. First released in the United Kingdom in the 1960s, acutely toxic paraquat is now primarily produced in China.
Sarah Rogers +4 more
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Economic Evaluation of Health Cost of Pesticide Use: Willingness to Pay Method [PDF]
This study highlights the results of contingent valuation method to measure health cost of pesticide use from farmer’s point of view. Analysis shows that farmers have a positive willingness to pay for avoiding pesticide related health risks.
Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Khan
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The association of depression, impulsivity and suicidal ideation with organophosphate pesticide exposure amongst South African farm workers [PDF]
, 2011 The objectives were to evaluate the validity and reliability of four neurobehavioral instruments used in the study and to test three models hypothesised as possible causal pathways between OP exposure and depression, impulsive behaviour and suicidal ...
Kootbodien, Tahira
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pesticide use is expanding rapidly across sub‐Saharan Africa, while regulatory oversight and public protection structures remain weak, leaving smallholder farmers exposed to mounting health and environmental risks. In response, agrochemical industry actors have launched ‘safe use’ initiatives that emphasize training and personal protective ...
Elina Andersson +2 more
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT What do pesticide companies do to keep their products on the market despite strong societal and scientific critiques of their environmental and health risks? This paper examines the herbicide paraquat, one of the most controversial pesticides, from the early 1960s to the present.
Kees Jansen
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