Where Is the Evidence for Treatments Used in Pesticide Poisoning? Is Clinical Toxicology Fiddling While the Developing World Burns?
Journal of Toxicology Clinical ToxicologyPublished 1 January 2004Open access
Nicholas A. Buckley, Lakshman Karalliedde, Andrew Dawson, Nimal Senanayake, Michael Eddleston
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Current protocols for the management of pesticide poisoning are based on little evidence and are difficult to deliver in the resource-poor settings in which most poisonings occur, and too little evidence is still being generated where it is most required.
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