Chronic exposure to organophosphates: background and clinical picture
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Advances in Psychiatric Treatment
- Vol. 6 (3) , 187-192
- https://doi.org/10.1192/apt.6.3.187
Abstract
A male farmer in his forties from the Irish Republic was referred for an opinion on his mood swings and their possible relationship with organophosphate exposure. He had been regularly exposed to organophosphorus sheep dips for around 15 years prior to the assessment.Keywords
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