Fatal acute endosulfan toxicity: A case report

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-51

  Kucuker, Hudaverdi ^a   Sahin, Onder ^a   Yavuz, Yücel ^a   Yürümez, Yusuf ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENDOSULFAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 58149087455     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2008.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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