RT Book, Section
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.
SR Print(0)
ID 1163021895
T1 International Perspectives on Medical Toxicology
T2 Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259859618
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163021895
RD 2024/04/24
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.