Ricin poisoning a comprehensive review

JAMA

Volumn 294, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2342-2351

  Audi, Jennifer ^a,b,c,d   Belson, Martin ^a,b   Patel, Manish ^a,b   Schier, Joshua ^a,b   Osterloh, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Nebraska Regional Poison Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN; RICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AEROSOL; ANALYTIC METHOD; BEVERAGE; COLLAPSE; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FOOD; FOOD POISONING; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INGESTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT INTOXICATION; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLISHING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SHOCK; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 27744564219     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.18.2342     Document Type: Review

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