Acute human self-poisoning with imidacloprid compound: A neonicotinoid insecticide

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Mohamed, Fahim ^a   Gawarammana, Indika ^a   Robertson, Thomas A ^b   Roberts, Michael S ^b   Palangasinghe, Chathura ^a   Zawahir, Shukry ^a   Jayamanne, Shaluka ^c   Kandasamy, Jaganathan ^d   Eddleston, Michael ^a,e   Buckley, Nick A ^a,f   Dawson, Andrew H ^a,g   Roberts, Darren M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Polonnaruwa General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d Anuradhapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTOXICATION; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEDATION; SELF POISONING; SRI LANKA; TOXICOKINETICS; VOMITING; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SRI LANKA;

EID: 65249097218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005127     Document Type: Article

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