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The author thanks Prof. Dr. Hany Gamalludin, Director of Poison Control Center of Ain Shams University Hospitals (PCCA), Cairo, Egypt, for providing statistical data on patterns of poisoning.

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Mansour, S.A. (2008). Environmental Impact of Pesticides in Egypt. In: Whitacre, D. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Vol 196. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 196. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78444-1_1

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