Age-related differences in sensitivity to organophosphorus pesticides

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 309-314

  Pope, Carey N ^a   Liu, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibition; Insecticides; Muscarinic receptors; Neonatal; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; INSECTICIDE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

AGE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FASCICULATION; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LETHALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031443003     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(97)10029-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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