Paraquat poisoning: A case report and review of literature

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 198-200

  Raghu, Kondle ^a   Mahesh, Vidavalur ^a   Sasidhar, Parri ^a   Reddy, Polam R ^a   Venkataramaniah, Vajja ^a   Agrawal, Amit ^a  

^a NARAYANA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Mortality; Outcome; Paraquat positioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904884971     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.122023     Document Type: Review

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