Acute poisoning due to commercial pesticides in Multan

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-231

  Ahmad, Rauf ^a   Ahad, Karam ^a   Iqbal, Rashid ^b   Muhammad, Ashiq ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Health; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542353000     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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