A Fatal Waterborne Outbreak of Pesticide Poisoning Caused by Damaged Pipelines, Sindhikela, Bolangir, Orissa, India, 2008

Introduction. We investigated a cluster of pesticide poisoning in Orissa. Methods. We searched the village for cases of vomiting and sweating on 2 February 2008. We described the outbreak by time, place, and person. We compared cases with controls. Results. We identified 65 cases (two deaths; attac...

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Main Authors: Manjubala Panda, Yvan J. Hutin, Vidya Ramachandran, Manoj Murhekar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Toxicology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/692496