| ID (ISN) del documento | 49240 |
| Número CIS |
88-551 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0140-6736 - Lancet |
| Año |
1987 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Loevinsohn M.E. |
| Título |
Insecticide use and increased mortality in rural Central Luzon, Philippines |
| Información bibliográfica |
13 June 1987, Vol.1, No.8546, p.1359-1362. Illus. 30 ref. |
| Resumen |
This mortality study covered the inhabitants of 4 municipalities in a major rice-growing area of the island of Luzon (Philippines). Two periods were compared, one of low pesticide use (1961-1971), and one of high use (1972-1984). The non-traumatic mortality rate for adult men increased between the 2 periods by 27%, while that of women and children decreased significantly. It is suggested that the significant mortality increase in men is entirely due to exposure to insecticides among farmers, who wear normally no protective clothing during the spraying of insecticides such as carbofuran, endrin, parathion and monocrotophos (= azodrin). |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
Filipinas; mortalidad; paises en desarrollo; protección de los cultivos; agricultura; insecticidas |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
paratión; endrin; arroz; carbofuran; azodrina |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| Tema(s) |
Agricultura, pesca, cría de ganado
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Riesgos químicos
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Agricultural chemicals
OSH in developing countries
Agricultura
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