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  • Title: Acute pesticide poisoning among children in South Korea: findings from National Health Insurance claims data, 2006-2009.
    Author: Lee WJ, Ko Y, Cha ES.
    Journal: J Trop Pediatr; 2014 Feb; 60(1):4-9. PubMed ID: 23943296.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of acute pesticide poisoning among children in South Korea and describe the related epidemiologic characteristics. METHODS: We evaluated the age-standardized rates of incidence of pesticide poisoning among children in South Korea from 2006 through 2009 using National Health Insurance claims data. RESULTS: A total of 1232 children aged 0-14 years were identified from the acute pesticide poisoning cases reported across South Korea during the study period. The annual average age-standardized rate of incidence from acute pesticide poisoning was 3.6 per 100 000. The majority of the cases were identified in the categories of the 1-4-year-old age-group (56.5%), outpatients (80.0%), single-day visit to a hospital (70.4%) and summer occurrence (43.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Acute pesticide poisoning is prevalent among children in South Korea; therefore, intervention efforts are needed to reduce the cases of pesticide poisoning among children.
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