Acute intentional toxicity: Endosulfan and other organochlorines

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 539-544

  Moses, Viju ^a   Peter, John Victor ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Mortality; Organ failure; Pesticide; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; INSECTICIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXICITY; SENSORY SYSTEM; UREMIA; ACUTE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ENDOSULFAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77956911855     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2010.494610     Document Type: Article

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