Organophosphate pesticides and public policy

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 725-729

  Lockwood, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; CHLORPYRIFOS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMA; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NEUROTOXICITY; PARKINSONISM; POLICY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036912048     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019052-200212000-00011     Document Type: Review

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