Open AccessEffects of acute organophosphate ingestion on cognitive function, assessed with the mini mental state examination
Author(s) -
SS Jayasinghe
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
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 , memory span , mini–mental state examination , wilcoxon signed rank test , cognition , mann–whitney u test , cohort , montreal cognitive assessment , ingestion , pediatrics , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , working memory
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.
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