Pesticides poisoning cases recorded in Ngaoundere,Cameroon over a 27-month period |
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| Authors: | J Sonchieu M B Ngassoum |
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| Institution: | 1. Food quality Control, Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition , ENSAI, University of Ngaoundere , Cameroon jsonchieu@yahoo.fr;3. Department of Allied Chemistry , ENSAI, University of Ngaoundere , Cameroon |
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| Abstract: | An examination of hospital records at Ngaoundere in Cameroon showed that there were 51 reported cases of pesticide poisoning in a 27-month period (January 2004 to April 2006) and of those, only two deaths were attributed to insecticides. One feature was that apart from a high proportion of unidentified poisons, rodenticide poisoning was reported more often than other pesticides. Many cases of poisoning might go unrecorded if an individual does not go to hospital. |
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| Keywords: | Pesticides records Ngaoundere Cameroon poisoning |
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