Research Article
Acute Pesticide Poisoning in Children: Hospital Review in Selected Hospitals of Tanzania
Table 2
Classification of agents responsible for APP in children in Tanzania.
| | Product | Chemical group | WHO Class | Frequency | Percentage by category | Percentage of all agents |
| | (1) Known products | | | | | | | Zinc Phosphide | IN | 1b | 2 | 18.2% | 3.7% | | OP | OP | II | 7 | 63.6% | 13.2% | | Sulphur | IN | IV | 1 | 9.1% | 1.9% | | Endosulfan | OC | II | 1 | 9.1% | 1.9% | | S total 1 | | | 11 | 100.0% | 20.7% | | (2) Unspecific products | | | | | | | Livestock dip | UN | UN | 1 | 6.67% | 1.9% | | Food poisoning | UN | UN | 11 | 73.33% | 20.7% | | Rat poison | UN | UN | 3 | 20.00% | 5.6% | | S total 2 | | | 15 | 100.00% | 28.2% | | (3) Unknown | | | | | | | UN | | | 27 | 100.00% | 50.9% | | S total 3 | | | 27 | 100.00% | |
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IN: inorganic; OP: organophosphate; OC: organochlorine; UN: unknown.
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