Organophosphate poisoning due to a wheat bagel

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-88

  Kavalci, Cemil ^a   Durukan, Polat ^b   Ozer, Mehmet ^a   Cevik, Yunsur ^a   Kavalci, Gülsüm ^c  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^c TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Organophosphates; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ATROPINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PRALIDOXIME; ANTIDOTE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATOR; DICHLORVOS; INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHEAT; BLOOD; FOOD CONTAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDOTES; ATROPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATORS; DICHLORVOS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PRALIDOXIME COMPOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRITICUM; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749098737     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1559     Document Type: Article

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