Trends of acute poisoning in south Karnataka

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 3 no. 2, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 149-154

  Unnikrishnan, B ^a,b   Singh, B ^a   Rajeev, A ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Manual labourers; Organophosphates; Poison; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; POISONING;

EID: 39049179474     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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