Poisoning due to chlorophenoxy herbicides

Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-73

  Bradberry, Sally M ^a   Proudfoot, Alex T ^a   Vale, J Allister ^a  

^a Birmingham Skin Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACTIVATED CARBON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CREATINE KINASE; DICAMBA; HERBICIDE; INFUSION FLUID; MECOPROP; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALKALINIZATION; ATAXIA; BREATHING MUSCLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; COMA; CONVULSION; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; FASCICULATION; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HALLUCINATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MIOSIS; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOPATHY; MYOTONIA; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NYSTAGMUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION UNCOUPLING; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDON REFLEX; TOXICOKINETICS; URINE PH; URINE VOLUME; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASODILATATION; VOMITING; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER;

ATAXIA;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN;

EID: 15444379928     PISSN: 11762551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00139709-200423020-00001     Document Type: Review

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