Acute organophosphorus poisoning

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 431, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-76

  Chowdhary, Sheemona ^a   Bhattacharyya, Rajasri ^b   Banerjee, Dibyajyoti ^a  

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

^b MAHARISHI MARKANDESHWAR DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Acute organophosphorus poisoning; Organocarbamate poisoning; Pesticides; Point of care testing tool

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATOR; PESTICIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; HUMAN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATORS; HUMANS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE POISONING; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84893945859     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.01.024     Document Type: Review

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