A novel approach to assessing percutaneous VX poisoning in the conscious guinea-pig

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 694-702

  Mumford, Helen ^a   Price, Matthew E ^a   Wetherell, Janet R ^a  

^a Biomedical Sciences Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Heart rate; Nerve agent; Percutaneous; Seizure; Telemetry; Temperature; VX

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; METHYLPHOSPHONOTHIOIC ACID S (2 DIISOPROPYLAMINOETHYL) O ETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; HEART RATE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GUINEA PIGS; HEART RATE; MALE; ORGANOTHIOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 47549112860     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1324     Document Type: Article

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