Glyphosate poisoning

Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-167

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

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; LEVODOPA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POLYOXYETHYLENE; POLYOXYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYOXYETHYLENEAMINE; PRESERVATIVE; SURFACTANT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE INJURY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; IN VITRO STUDY; INGESTION; INHALATION; INJURY SCALE; INTOXICATION; INTUBATION; LETHAL DOSE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; PARKINSONISM; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN IRRITATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; POISONING; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 17544379407     PISSN: 11762551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00139709-200423030-00003     Document Type: Review

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