Guillain-Barre Syndrome in a Rural Farming District in South Africa: A Possible Relationship to Environmental Organophosphate Exposure

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 575-580

  London, Leslie ^a   Bourne, David ^a   Sayed, Rauf ^a   Eastman, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerial drift; Environmental exposure; Guillain barre syndrome; Neurotoxicity; Organophosphate insecticides

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645470000     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409603436     Document Type: Article

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