Abstract

Epidemiology of Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning. Need for a Survey Editorial

Bajaj R~~Wasir H S

Year: 1990 Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, v.38, no.3, (March 1990), p.197-198 SIEC No: 19910508

This article provides information on poisoning by aluminium phosphide pellets, which are widely used agents for grain fumigation. Aluminium phosphide ingestion is the most frequent suicidal method in northern India. The biological results of ingestion, as well as the approxixmate numbers of deaths are deatiled. (VM)