TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - International Perspectives on Medical Toxicology A1 - Soghoian, Sari A2 - Nelson, Lewis S. A2 - Howland, Mary Ann A2 - Lewin, Neal A. A2 - Smith, Silas W. A2 - Goldfrank, Lewis R. A2 - Hoffman, Robert S. PY - 2019 T2 - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e AB - Poisoning is a worldwide problem, but the major effects are felt in the developing world. At least 150,000 people die every year from acute pesticide poisoning (Chap. 110), and an estimated 20,000 to 94,000 from snake bites,89 the vast majority of whom live in rural farming areas of lower- and middle-income countries. Hundreds of thousands of people are affected by groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh and India,155 and outbreaks of poisoning from contaminated food63 and environmental pollution from poorly regulated industrial activity40,135 affect whole communities throughout the developing world. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163021895 ER -