Pesticides

Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 646-648

  Eddleston, Michael ^a,b   Bateman, D Nicholas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

aluminium phosphide; atropine; carbamates; chlorphenoxyacetate herbicides; organochlorine insecticides; organophosphorus insecticides; oximes; paraquat; superwarfarins

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; ATROPINE; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIAZEPAM; HERBICIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OBIDOXIME; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; OXIME; OXYGEN; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; PRALIDOXIME CHLORIDE; PRALIDOXIME MESILATE; RODENTICIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTOXICATION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARAQUAT POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SELF POISONING;

EID: 36349014207     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2007.09.020     Document Type: Review

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