FATAL PARATHION POISONING CAUSED BY CONTAMINATION OF FLOUR IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE

FATAL PARATHION POISONING CAUSED BY CONTAMINATION OF FLOUR IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE

Diggory, H. J. P., P. J. Landrigan (CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333), K. P. Latimer, A. C. Ellington, R. D. Kimbrough, J. A. Liddle, R. E. Cline and A. L. Smrek. Fatal parathlon poisoning caused by contamination of flour in international commerce. Am J Epidemiol 106:145–153, 1977. In January 1976, 79 persons...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of epidemiology 1977-08, Vol.106 (2), p.145-153
Hauptverfasser: DIGGORY, H. J. PETER, LANDRIGAN, PHILIP J., LATIMER, KENNETH P., ELLINGTON, A. C., KIMBROUGH, RENATE D., LIDDLE, JOHN A., CLINE, RICHARD E., SMREK, ANN L.
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemiologic Methods
Female
Flour - analysis
Food Contamination
Humans
Infant
insecticides
Jamaica
Male
outbreaks
parathion
Parathion - analysis
Parathion - poisoning
poisoning
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Zusammenfassung:Diggory, H. J. P., P. J. Landrigan (CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333), K. P. Latimer, A. C. Ellington, R. D. Kimbrough, J. A. Liddle, R. E. Cline and A. L. Smrek. Fatal parathlon poisoning caused by contamination of flour in international commerce. Am J Epidemiol 106:145–153, 1977. In January 1976, 79 persons in Jamaica were acutely poisoned by the organophosphorus insecticide parathion. Seventeen died. Cases occurred in three episodes at separate locations, but all patients had consumed wheat flour from a single lot consisting of 5264 cotton bags. Parathion in concentrations of
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112444