Open AccessPyrethroid Poisoning
Author(s) -
Atul M Ramchandra,
Binila Chacko,
Peter John Victor
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23304
Subject(s) - pyrethroid , medicine , toxicity , pharmacology , toxicology , biology , pesticide , agronomy
Pyrethroid compounds are widely used as insecticides. These compounds not only have a versatile application, but also have favourable toxicological profiles with high selectivity and toxicity to insects and low toxicity to humans. Despite this, there have been several reports of toxicity to humans in both occupational exposure and deliberate ingestional poisoning.