Human mortality in organophosphate poisonings

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-85

  Yamashita, Masatomo ^a   Yamashita, Mamoru ^a   Tanaka, Junsuke ^b   Ando, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Hidaka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; FENITROTHION; MALATHION; METRIFONATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASES; DICHLORVOS; FEMALE; FENITROTHION; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALATHION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHLORFON;

EID: 0030956622     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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