Oral deltamethrin ingestion due in a suicide attempt

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 303-305

  Gunay, Nurullah ^a   Kekec, Zeynep ^b   Cete, Yildiray ^c   Eken, Cenker ^c   Demiryurek, Abdullah T ^d  

^a Kayseri State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Deltamethrin; Poisoning; Pyrethroid insecticide

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77956219939     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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