TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - International Perspectives on Medical Toxicology
A1  - Soghoian, Sari
A2  - Hoffman, Robert S.
A2  - Howland, Mary Ann
A2  - Lewin, Neal A.
A2  - Nelson, Lewis S.
A2  - Goldfrank, Lewis R.
PY  - 2015
T2  - Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 10e
AB  - Poisoning  is  a  worldwide  problem,  but  the  major  effects  are  felt  in  the  developing  world.  At  least  250,000  to  350,000  people  die  every  year  from  acute  pesticide  poisoning,72  and  an  estimated  20,000  to  94,000  humans  die  each  year  from  snake  bites,97  the  vast  majority  of  whom  lives  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,149  and  outbreaks  of  poisoning  from  contaminated  food40  and  environmental  pollution  from  poorly  regulated  industrial  activity49,135  affect  whole  communities  throughout  the  developing  world.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1108438360
ER  -