Carbofuran poisoning among farm workers

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 389-392

  Satar, Salim ^a   Satar, Serdar ^b   Sebe, Ahmet ^a   Yesilagac, Hasan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbofuran; Dermal route; Emergency; Farm workers; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOFURAN; CHOLINESTERASE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; UREA;

ADULT; AGITATION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTOXICATION; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALIVATION; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CARBOFURAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 28044437766     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 00272507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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