Recognition And Management Of Pesticide Poisonings

RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF PESTICIDE POISONINGS




ThE fifth edition of Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings is an update
and expansion of the 1989 fourth edition. The Office of Pesticide Programs
of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has sponsored
the series since 1973. The purpose of the manual is to provide health professionals
with recently available information on the health hazards of pesticides
currently in use, and current consensus recommendations for management of
poisonings and injuries caused by them.

Section I: General Information
1 Introduction .
2 General Principles in the Management of Acute Pesticide Poisonings
3 Environmental and Occupational History

Section II: Insecticides
4 Organophosphate Insecticides
5 N-Methyl Carbamate Insecticides .
6 Solid Organochlorine Insecticides
7 Biologicals and Insecticides of Biological Origin
8 Other Insecticides, Acaricides, and Repellents .

Section III: Herbicides
9 Chlorophenoxy Herbicides
10 Pentachlorophenol
11 Nitrophenolic and Nitrocresolic Herbicides
12 Paraquat and Diquat .
13 Other Herbicides .

Section IV: Other Pesticides
14 Arsenical Pesticides .
15 Fungicides
16 Fumigants
17 Rodenticides
18 Miscellaneous Pesticides, Solvents, and Adjuvants
19 Disinfectants

Section V
Index of Signs and Symptoms
Index of Pesticide Products

Fifth Edition, 1999
J. Routt Reigart, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina
James R. Roberts, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina

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