Paraquat poisoning

Respiratory Care

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 383-385

  Sittipunt, Chanchai ^a,b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NONE   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANALGESIC AGENT; PARAQUAT; SORBITOL; HERBICIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARAQUAT POISONING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTOXICATION; LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SUICIDE; URINE;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARAQUAT; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; POISONING; SUICIDE;

EID: 21544443146     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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