title: Poisoning treatment centre admissions following acute incidents involving pesticides.
abstract: 1. Adult hospital admissions following acute exposures to pesticides are very uncommon and are more often due to parasuicide than to accidents. 2. Most accidental pesticide incidents are work-related. 3. Males are more likely to be involved than females (2.9:1). 4. Life-threatening and fatal consequences developed in 24% of 54 incidents. 5. Of the 10 fatalities, eight were caused by paraquat, eight were due to parasuicide and two to non-work related accidents.
authors.affiliation: Regional Poisoning Treatment Centre, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Proudfoot
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dougall
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000506:poisoning*; D006540:Herbicides / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010269:Paraquat / Q000506:poisoning*; D010343:Patient Admission; D011039:Poison Control Centers; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
chemical_list: D005659:Fungicides, Industrial; D006540:Herbicides; D007306:Insecticides; D010269:Paraquat