Effects of hyperbaric oxygenation on survival time of aluminum phosphide intoxicated rats

Background: Aluminium phosphide (AlP) is used as a fumigant. It produces phosphine gas which is a mitochondrial poison. Although this poisoning has been repeatedly reported in literature with a high mortality rate, there is no known antidote for AlP intoxication. In the present study, we studied the...

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Main Authors: Hossein Saidi, Farhad Shokraneh, Hamed-Basir Ghafouri, Shayan Shojaie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2011;volume=16;issue=10;spage=1306;epage=1312;aulast=Saidi