2 The case fatality was highest with aluminium phosphide poisoning. In a retrospective study done in PGI, Chandigarh, aluminium phosphide constituted 26.1% of all pesticide poisoning from 1990 to 2004. In India, however, the common agents implicated are the metal phosphides, particularly aluminium phosphide. 1 The most common agents implicated were the 4-hydroxycoumarins, followed by bromethalin, warfarin, and metal phosphides. In the United States, as per the American Association of Poison Control Centers, rodenticides accounted for 0.3% of 2.3 million human exposures as reported to the regional poison control centers. ![]() ![]() ![]() The global burden of rodenticide poisoning varies from region to region.
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