Fatal aluminum phosphide poisoning in Tehran-Iran from 2007 to 20100

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 66-70

  Soltaninejad, Kambiz ^a   Nelson, Lewis S ^b   Bahreini, Seyed Ali ^c   Shadnia, Shahin ^d  

^a Legal Medicine Organization   (Iran)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aluminum phosphide; epidemiology; mortality; poisoning; rice tablet

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE POISONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHINES; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877152727     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.110909     Document Type: Review

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