Chronic exposure to organophosphates: background and clinical picture
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Adverse health effects after low level exposure to organophosphates.
Acute poisoning with organophosphate based pesticides is a notable cause of morbidity and mortality in the developing world, but much less common in the United Kingdom. However, the potential for frequent low level exposures to organophosphates exists for many occupational groups including agricultural workers, sheep dippers, and pesticide sprayers. Over the past decade an increasing number of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1355-5146,1472-1481
DOI: 10.1192/apt.6.3.187