Poisoning by lavandin extract in a 18-month-old boy

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-281

  Landelle, Caroline ^a   Francony, Gilles ^a   Sam Laï, Nathalie Fouilhé ^a   Gaillard, Yvan ^b   Vincent, Françoise ^a   Wrobleski, Isabelle ^a   Danel, Vincent ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Analyses Toxicologiques   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Essential oil; Lavandin; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; LAVENDER OIL; LINALOOL;

ACUTE CONFUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; LAVANDULA; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PLANT POISONING;

LAVANDULA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 41149157989     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701281098     Document Type: Article

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