Amitraz poisoning, an emerging problem: epidemiology, clinical features, management, and preventive strategies
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Amitraz poisoning, an emerging problem: epidemiology, clinical features, management, and preventive strategies.
BACKGROUND Amitraz is a pharmaceutical, veterinary, and agricultural product which is used worldwide under numerous generic names as an acaricide and insecticide. Because of its widespread use amitraz poisoning has come emerged as a cause of childhood poisoning during the past decade, particularly more in certain countries such as Turkey. AIMS AND METHODS To report the clinical features, the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.2.130