@article{ref1,
title="Trend of pesticide poisoning in recent decades in China",
journal="La Medicina del lavoro",
year="1998",
author="Xue, D. S. and Li, Yun and Jin, Z. G. and Tao, B. G. and Zhou, Q. D.",
volume="89",
number="Suppl 2",
pages="S99-104",
abstract="The past decade experienced a stunning change in the incidence and fatality rates of pesticide poisonings in China. A study on representative case records of pesticide poisoning in a chinese province is presented here. A three-fold increase in poisoning cases due to a lack of preventive measures was reported at the beginning of the 1980s, under the rural economic reformation. Occupational intoxication incidence was swiftly reduced within a couple of years, and further stepped down as the adequate means were taken. On the contrary, the increase in non-occupational cases declined very slowly. The fatality rate of occupational poisoning cases was kept low (around few per thousand), while the non-occupational remarkably declined from 30% to 11% thanks to the efforts of health and medical care centres. The number and fatality rate of non-occupational cases thus came to play a more and more important role. Such trend is worth our attention.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-7818",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}