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Build your own pesticide
poisoning surveillance program.
This book tells you how.
The situation: Pesticide poisoning is a complex condition that encompasses many illnesses and injuries created by single or mixed exposures to pesticide products. This complexity combined with the technical resources required for case investigation suggested the need for a comprehensive how-to manual that would guide agencies seeking to create a pesticide surveillance program.
In 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health began work on just such a manual. While much of the copy editing was done in-house, they recognized the need for an outside eye, especially with regard to the appendices. They commissioned Cyrano to bring accuracy and stylistic and editorial consistency to these 150 pages of heavily concentrated technical, medical, statistical, and graphic material . We then provided final-stage copy editing of the draft document’s first 9 chapters for clarity, consistency, and language mechanics.
The 250-page manual is designed for use nationally by state health departments. Other target audiences include local agencies, other state and federal government agencies, and international agencies, and members of the public interested in pesticide poisoning. Those interested in a closer look can download the manual from the NIOSH Website.
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