Chronic neurological sequelae of acute organophosphate pesticide poisoning

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 38-45

  Savage, Eldon P ^a   Keefe, Thomas J ^a   Mounce, Lawrence M ^a   Heaton, Robert K ^b   Lewis, James A ^b   Burcar, Patricia J ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AUDIOMETRY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DISABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PESTICIDE POISONING; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0023921995     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1988.9934372     Document Type: Article

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