TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Insecticides: Organic Phosphorus Compounds and Carbamates A1 - Eddleston, Michael 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 - Globally and historically, pesticide poisoning has killed approximately 150,000 people each year, with anticholinesterase compounds responsible for about two-thirds of these deaths. Most deaths occur in rural Asia where intentional self-harm is common and where highly toxic organic phosphorus (OP) insecticides are still widely used in agriculture and available in households at times of stress.67,104 Severe occupational or unintentional poisoning also happens where these highly toxic insecticides are used,241 but deaths are generally less common. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/16 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163015720 ER -