Open AccessEffects of acute organophosphate ingestion on cognitive function, assessed with the mini mental state examination
Author(s) -
S Jayasinghe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.101374
Subject(s) - medicine , ingestion , organophosphate , mental state , cognition , organophosphate poisoning , psychiatry , pesticide , agronomy , biology
Chronic damage to the central nervous system resulting in cognitive impairment has been shown with repeated, low doses of organophosphorus (OP) exposure over month or years.