Brodifacoum poisoning with toxicokinetic data

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-489

  Olmos, Valentina ^a   López, Clara Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brodifacoum; HPLC; Human; Toxicokinetic

Indexed keywords

BRODIFACOUM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PHYTOMENADIONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; TOXICOKINETICS;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RODENTICIDES; STOMACH DISEASES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 34248524816     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701354093     Document Type: Article

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