TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Trend of pesticide poisoning in recent decades in China
JO  - La Medicina del lavoro
A1  - Xue, D. S.
A1  - Li, Yun
A1  - Jin, Z. G.
A1  - Tao, B. G.
A1  - Zhou, Q. D.
SP  - S99
EP  - 104
VL  - 89
IS  - Suppl 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-7818
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -