Perspectives on the use of scopolamine as an adjunct treatment to enhance Survival following organophosphorus nerve agent poisoning

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 878-882

  Koplovitz, Irwin ^a   Schulz, Susan ^a  

^a US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; OXIME; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG COMBINATION; EVALUATION; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION;

ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; PYRIDOSTIGMINE BROMIDE; SCOPOLAMINE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149262102     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00089     Document Type: Article

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