Fatal Paraquat Poisoning : Report of Two Cases

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 831-832

  Singh, S ^a   Bambery, P ^a   Chaudhry, D ^a   Makharia, G ^a   Kakkar, Nandita ^a   Singh, D ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; PARAQUAT;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LUNG; OVERDOSE; PARAQUAT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033170578     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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