Pesticide intoxications in the Centre of Portugal: Three years analysis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 199-204

  Teixeira, Helena ^a,b   Proença, Paula ^a   Alvarenga, Margarida ^a   Oliveira, Margarida ^a   Marques, Estela P ^a,b   Vieira, Duarte Nuno ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forensic intoxication; Pesticides; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOETHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; AZINPHOS ETHYL; AZINPHOS METHYL; CHLORPYRIFOS; CLOFENVINFOS; CYFLUTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; DEMETON METHYLSULFONE; DICHLORVOS; DIMETHOATE; ENDOSULFAN; FENTHION; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; OXYDEMETON METHYLSULFONE; PARAQUAT; PARATHION; PENDIMETHALIN; PESTICIDE; QUINALPHOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

EID: 3042787913     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.02.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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