Aluminum phosphide poisoning: An unsolved riddle

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 499-505

  Anand, R ^a   Binukumar, B K ^a   Gill, Kiran Dip ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aluminum (aluminium) phosphide; Phosphide; Phosphine

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FREE RADICAL; HEMOGLOBIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE POISONING; ASCITES; ATAXIA; BLEEDING TENDENCY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HEADACHE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEMATURIA; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTOXICATION; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MITOCHONDRION; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREATITIS; PARESTHESIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TACHYCARDIA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREMOR; WEAKNESS;

ALUMINUM (ALUMINIUM) PHOSPHIDE; PHOSPHIDE; PHOSPHINE;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MITOCHONDRIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHOSPHINES; POISONING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

HEXAPODA; RATTUS;

EID: 80052023492     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1692     Document Type: Review

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