Acute pesticide poisoning: 15 Years experience of a large North-West Indian hospital

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-38

  Murali, R ^a   Bhalla, Ashish ^a   Singh, Dalbir ^a   Singh, Surjit ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute poisoning; Epidemiology; North West India; Pesticide poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTOXICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ACUTE DISEASE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; SEASON; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649113080     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701885807     Document Type: Article

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