Thirty-five cases of S-carboxymethylcysteine use in paraquat poisoning

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-46

  Lugo Vallín, Nelly ^a   Maradei Irastorza, Idania ^a   Pascuzzo Lima, Carmine ^a   Ramírez Sánchez, Manuel ^a   Montesinos, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBOCISTEINE; HERBICIDE; PARAQUAT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURESIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT POISONING; STOMACH LAVAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARBOCYSTEINE; EXPECTORANTS; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PARAQUAT; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037307553     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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