Symptomatology of detrimental effects of pesticides - Literature review

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-234

  Titlić, Marina ^a   Punda, Ante ^a   Jukić, Ivana ^a   Tonkić, Ante ^a   Josipović Jelić, Željka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Medikol Polyclinic Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Agricultural Workers Diseases poisoning; Occupational Exposure adverse effects; Pesticides adverse effects; Pesticides toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBOFURAN; COPPER; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DIOXIN; HEXANAL; IVERMECTIN; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY; METHOMYL; METHYL BROMIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEADACHE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; REVIEW; SALIVATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 37049034277     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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