This article reviews large-scale pesticide poisoning which has occurred in Colombia on three separate occasions up to 1998.The first one happened in Chiquinquirá (Boyacá) in 1967. More than five hundred people suffered from poisoning; one hundred and sixtyfive required treatment and sixty-three died.The second outbreak was in Puerto Lopez (Meta), in 1970, when one hundred and ninety people were intoxicated, one hundred and fifty seven required treatment and seven died. The third one occurred in Pasto (Nariño), in 1977, when more than three hundred people were intoxicated, one hundred and twenty of them required treatment and fitieen died. The pesticides producing poisoning in Chiquinquirá and Pasto were methyl-parathio~n and parathion respe...
The objective of this article is to realize a critical review of the epidemiologic surveillance of p...
Los plaguicidas son productos químicos, naturales o sintéticos, y han sido utilizados desde hace var...
Organophosphorates and carbamates are responsible for the greater part of the pesticide poisonings w...
This article reviews large-scale pesticide poisoning which has occurred in Colombia on three separat...
Introduction: Poisoning due to pesticides is an important public health problem worldwide due its mo...
Las intoxicaciones por sustancias químicas representan un problema de salud pública. En Colombia hay...
Cada día el uso de los plaguicidas se incrementa más, especialmente en los países en desarrollo. En ...
Introduction. In 2005, the Sistema de Vigilancia en Salud Pública, the governmental agency responsib...
In Paraguay, pesticides are the causative agent in 13.7% of poisonings, especially organophosphorus ...
In order to have a better understanding of the epidemiological pattern of poisoning in our area, a d...
In the agricultural sector, in most countries, there is a massive use of pesticides, and a deficit o...
In the agricultural sector, in most countries, there is a massive use of pesticides, and a deficit o...
In Latin America, Colombia is in the third place in the consumption of pesticides, keeping in mind t...
The objective of this article is to realize a critical review of the epidemiologic surveillance of p...
Introducción. Las intoxicaciones agudas constituyen un problema de salud potencialmente grave, que r...
The objective of this article is to realize a critical review of the epidemiologic surveillance of p...
Los plaguicidas son productos químicos, naturales o sintéticos, y han sido utilizados desde hace var...
Organophosphorates and carbamates are responsible for the greater part of the pesticide poisonings w...
This article reviews large-scale pesticide poisoning which has occurred in Colombia on three separat...
Introduction: Poisoning due to pesticides is an important public health problem worldwide due its mo...
Las intoxicaciones por sustancias químicas representan un problema de salud pública. En Colombia hay...
Cada día el uso de los plaguicidas se incrementa más, especialmente en los países en desarrollo. En ...
Introduction. In 2005, the Sistema de Vigilancia en Salud Pública, the governmental agency responsib...
In Paraguay, pesticides are the causative agent in 13.7% of poisonings, especially organophosphorus ...
In order to have a better understanding of the epidemiological pattern of poisoning in our area, a d...
In the agricultural sector, in most countries, there is a massive use of pesticides, and a deficit o...
In the agricultural sector, in most countries, there is a massive use of pesticides, and a deficit o...
In Latin America, Colombia is in the third place in the consumption of pesticides, keeping in mind t...
The objective of this article is to realize a critical review of the epidemiologic surveillance of p...
Introducción. Las intoxicaciones agudas constituyen un problema de salud potencialmente grave, que r...
The objective of this article is to realize a critical review of the epidemiologic surveillance of p...
Los plaguicidas son productos químicos, naturales o sintéticos, y han sido utilizados desde hace var...
Organophosphorates and carbamates are responsible for the greater part of the pesticide poisonings w...