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Chapter 21. The toxicity and hazards of pesticides. Pages 179-196.

Keywords: human deaths from accidental pesticide poisoning, accidental ingestion of pesticides by children, categories of substances most frequently ingested by children, effects of pesticides on humans, acute oral LD50s for rats and dermal LD50s for rabbits for some organophosphorous, organochlorine,

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