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MEDEIROS, Márcia Noelle Cavalcante; MEDEIROS, Marília Cavalcante  e  SILVA, Maria Beatriz Araújo. Acute anticholinesterase pesticide poisoning in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2007-2010. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.3, pp.509-518. ISSN 1679-4974.

OBJECTIVE: to describe the epidemiological characteristics and spatial distribution of acute anticholinesterase pesticide poisoning cases in the city of Recife Pernambuco State, Brazil, 2007-2010. METHODS: this was a descriptive study of cases reported on the Notifiable Diseases Database (Sinan) to obtain their epidemiologic profile andperform geoprocessing. RESULTS: 549 cases were identified. The highestfrequencies occurredamongfemales (60.3%), the 15-29 age group (42.3%) and brown-skinned individuals (95.3%). "Ratpoison" was the mainpoisoning agent found (92.2%) and attempted suicide was the main reason for poisoning (79.4%). CONCLUSION: anticholinesterase pesticide poisoning is a serious public health problem with a high proportion of cases concentrated in youth, women and brown-skinned people. The finding that the vast majority of cases were related to attempted suicide indicates the need for prevention actions focusing vulnerable populations.

Palavras-chave : Poisoning; Carbamates; Organophosphate Poisoning; Descriptive Epidemiology; Suicide Attempt.

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