Emergence of entirely new poisoning in rural India; An upcoming health hazard to the community health

Indian Journal of Community Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-251

  Kumar, A ^a   Verma, A ^b   Jaiswal, K ^b   Kumar, S ^b   Prasad, R ^b  

^a UP Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research   (India)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Fungicide; Herbicide; India; Pancycuron; Pendimethalin; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867862723     PISSN: 09717587     EISSN: 22489509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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