Early death due to severe organophosphate poisoning is a centrally mediated process

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-298

  Bird, Steven B ^a   Gaspari, Romolo J ^b   Dickson, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Univ of Massachusetts Med Center ^*

Author keywords

Death; Dichlorvos; Organophosphate; Poisoning; Rat

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DICHLORVOS; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; INTOXICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; DICHLORVOS; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLYCOPYRROLATE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; INSECTICIDES; IPRATROPIUM; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0037389614     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.4.295     Document Type: Article

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