Jeyaratnam J, Lun K C, Phoon W O
Bull World Health Organ. 1987;65(4):521-7.
The study investigated the extent of acute pesticide poisoning in selected agricultural communities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as well as the contributing factors, because it is believed that this type of poisoning is a major problem in developing countries, but not in the industrialized countries, despite their extensive use of pesticides. The study confirmed the existence of this problem, which was found to be due to inadequate knowledge of the safe practices in the use of pesticides among users and to the lack of suitable protective clothing for use by agricultural workers in hot and humid climates.
该研究调查了印度尼西亚、马来西亚、斯里兰卡和泰国部分农业社区的急性农药中毒程度及其影响因素，因为人们认为这种中毒现象在发展中国家是一个重大问题，而在工业化国家却并非如此，尽管工业化国家广泛使用农药。该研究证实了这一问题的存在，发现其原因在于使用者对农药安全使用方法的了解不足，以及农业工人在炎热潮湿的气候条件下缺乏合适的防护服。
