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The Impact of Pesticides on Health

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Abstract

In biology, poisons are substances that cause disturbances in organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when an organism absorbs a sufficient quantity.

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Notes

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    Dorland’s Medical Dictionary: Poison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorland%27s_medical_reference_works.

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    Poison. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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    Vasileiou V. Pesticides. http://news.ari.gov.cy/agrotis/2004/2004%20April-June.pdf.

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    Side effects of pesticides. http://www.lib.teiher.gr/webnotes/steg/Methodoi_Antimetopisis_Fytoparasiton/kef3.pdf.

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    Pesticide Poisoning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.

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    Pesticide Poisoning—First Aid and Safety Rules. Available in http://www.ellinikigeorgia.gr.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Nursing Department, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Lambrini Kourkouta

  2. 7th High School of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Alexandros Monios

  3. Private Diagnostic Health Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Christos Iliadis

  4. Educational Institute of General Hospital of Serres, Serres, Greece

    Paraskevi Dalagkozi

  5. General Hospital of Alexandroupoli, Alexandroupoli, Greece

    Petros Ouzounakis

  6. Nursing Department, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece

    Ioanna Papathanasiou

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Kourkouta, L., Monios, A., Iliadis, C., Dalagkozi, P., Ouzounakis, P., Papathanasiou, I. (2018). The Impact of Pesticides on Health. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_567

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