TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ORGANOPHOSPHORUS AND CARBAMATE INSECTICIDES A1 - Vohra, Rais A2 - Olson, Kent R. A2 - Anderson, Ilene B. A2 - Benowitz, Neal L. A2 - Blanc, Paul D. A2 - Clark, Richard F. A2 - Kearney, Thomas E. A2 - Kim-Katz, Susan Y. A2 - Wu, Alan H. B. PY - 2018 T2 - Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e AB - Organophosphorus (OP) compounds and carbamates, also known as cholinesterase inhibitors, are widely used pesticides. These agents, which comprise thousands of structurally related substances, are responsible for a large number of suicidal or accidental poisonings, with the greatest mortality (an estimated 200,000 deaths per year) in rural areas of developing countries. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179992214 ER -