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Changing patterns in chemical terrorism 1970-2021. [PDF]

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Castro-Delgado R   +4 more
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Environmental co-exposure to organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides and mental health status in rural communities near an industrial pig farming facility. [PDF]

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Hojas R   +22 more
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Reduced Pseudocholinesterase Levels Are Associated With Alterations in Lipid Biomarkers and Liver Enzymes Among Ghanaian Male Cocoa Farmers Using Organophosphate Pesticides. [PDF]

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Afrifa J   +11 more
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A panel of CYP6Z genes drives broad-spectrum cross-resistance to public health insecticides in the major malaria vector An. gambiae s.s.

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KOUAMO MF   +8 more
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Organophosphates and the Heart

Chest, 1993
(Chest 1993; 103:576-82) O rganophosphates are widely used as agricultural pesticides, and some of these compounds serve as nerve agents for chemical warfare. They act as powerful inhibitors of acetyicholinesterase, resulting in accumulation of acetylcholine and overstimulation ofcholinergic synapses in the central nervous system, somatic nerves ...
A, Roth   +3 more
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Organophosphate Poisoning

Seminars in Neurology, 2004
Organophosphates are commonly used as pesticides around the world. Exposures to organophosphates cause a significant number of poisonings and deaths each year. Organophosphates bind and inhibit cholinesterase enzymes. Acute toxicity manifests as a cholinergic crisis with excessive glandular secretions, altered mental status, and weakness.
Daniel E, Rusyniak, Kristine A, Nañagas
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