Aluminum phosphide poisoning-related deaths in Tehran, Iran, 2006 to 2013

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 94, Issue 38, 2015, Pages

  Etemadi Aleagha, Afshar ^a   Akhgari, Maryam ^b   Iravani, Fariba Sardari ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LEGAL MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; AMITRIPTYLINE; AMMONIA; CHLORPYRIFOS; CYANIDE; DIAZEPAM; METHADONE; MOLYBDIC ACID; MORPHINE; PHOSPHINE; SILVER NITRATE; STRYCHNINE; TRAMADOL; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; DRUG DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SELF POISONING; STOMACH CONTENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TOXICOLOGY; TRAINING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHINES; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942540722     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001637     Document Type: Article

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