Organophosphate poisoning: the lesser-known face of a toxidrome

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-103

  Petroianu, Georg A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; MAGNESIUM; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTOXICATION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CHOLINESTERASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POISONING; SWINE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 21744436647     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200504000-00013     Document Type: Letter

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