Demographics, clinical characteristics and management of herbicide poisoning in tertiary care hospital

Toxicology International

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-213

  Cherukuri, Harika ^a   Pramoda, K ^a   Rohini, D ^a   Thunga, Girish ^a   Vijaynarayana, K ^a   Sreedharan, N ^a   Varma, Muralidhar ^b   Pandit, Vinay ^b  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KASTURBA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Glyphosate; herbicide; paraquat; poisoning; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BENTONITE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HERBICIDE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPERFUSION; HERBICIDE POISONING; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SHOCK; STOMACH LAVAGE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84907010470     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: 09765131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.139813     Document Type: Article

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