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Pesticides and Immunosuppression: The Risks to Public Health

Author(s) -

Robert Repetto,

Sanjay S. Baliga

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

health policy and planning

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.608

H-Index - 92

eISSN - 1460-2237

pISSN - 0268-1080

DOI - 10.1093/heapol/12.2.97

Subject(s) - environmental health , public health , epidemiology , malnutrition , developing country , medicine , immunosuppression , business , pesticide , economic growth , immunology , biology , agronomy , nursing , pathology , economics

There is substantial experimental, epidemiological and other evidence that many pesticides in widespread use around the world are immunosuppressive. This poses a potentially serious health risk in populations highly exposed to infectious and parasitic diseases, subject to malnutrition, and inadequately serve by curative health programmes. An expanded programme of research is needed to investigate this potential risk and to design precautionary measures.

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