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标题：Characteristics of Pesticide Poisoning in Rural and Urban Settings in Uganda
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作者：Bastian Pedersen ; Charles Ssemugabo ; Victoria Nabankema 等
期刊名称：Environmental Health Insights
电子版ISSN：1178-6302
出版年度：2017
卷号：2017
期号：11
页码：0-0
DOI：10.4137/EHI.S41039
语种：English
出版社：Libertas Academica
摘要：Pesticide poisoning is a significant burden on health care systems in many low-income countries. This study evaluates cases of registered pesticide poisonings treated in selected rural (Nâ=â101) and urban (Nâ=â212) health facilities in Uganda from January 2010 to August 2016. In the urban setting, pesticides were the most prevalent single poison responsible for intoxications (Nâ=â212 [28.8%]). Self-harm constituted a significantly higher proportion of the total number of poisonings in urban (63.3%) compared with rural areas (25.6%) where unintentional poisonings prevailed. Men were older than women and represented a majority of around 60% of the cases in both the urban and rural settings. Unintentional cases were almost the only ones seen below the age of 10, whereas self-harm dominated among adolescents and young persons from 10 to 29âyears of age. Organophosphorus insecticides accounted for 73.0% of the poisonings. Urban hospitals provided a more intensive treatment and had registered fever complications than rural health care settings. To minimize self-harm with pesticides, a restriction of pesticide availability as shown to be effective in other low-income countries is recommended. Training of health care workers in proper diagnosis and treatment of poisonings and improved equipment in the health care settings should be strengthened.