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Document ID (ISN)40028
CIS number 83-1132
ISSN - Serial title 0140-6736 - Lancet
Year 1982
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Ziem G.
Title Aplastic anaemia after methoxychlor exposure
Bibliographic information 1982, Vol.2, No.8311, p.1349.
Abstract This letter reports the development of fatigue and bruising several weeks after accidental exposure to a tomato pesticide dust containing methoxychlor and captan, followed by aplastic anaemia after 2 months which proved fatal at 6 months.
Descriptors (primary) aplastic anaemia; methoxychlor; agriculture; pesticides
Descriptors (secondary) captan; short-term exposure; case study
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Agricultural chemicals
Blood diseases
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Agriculture