Epidemiological study of sarin poisoning in matsumoto city, Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Nakajima, Tamie ^a   Ohta, Setsuko ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Midorikawa, Youko ^b   Mimura, Shohei ^b   Yanagisawa, Nobuo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mass poisoning; Sarin; Still had symptoms a year after the intoxication; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

SARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TOPOGRAPHY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARIN; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0007096633     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.8.33     Document Type: Article

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