Acute lindane poisoning in three children

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-53

  Nordt, Sean Patrick ^a   Chew, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lindane poisoning; Pediatrics; Pediculosis; Scabies; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

LINDANE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PEDICULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCABIES; SEIZURE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINDANE; MALE;

EID: 0033973492     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(99)00162-6     Document Type: Article

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