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Assessment of Chemical Toxicity in Adult Drosophila Melanogaster
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Medycyna Pracy
|January 1, 1978
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The paper presents 2 cases of intoxication with herbicides--chlorophenoxyacetic acid derivatives. In the cases observed, the following symptoms were shown in the clinical picture; general weakness, dizziness, headache, abdominal pains, nausea. Clinical observation revealed changes in blood circulation with pathological changes in EKG and transitory reduction of RR. We also found some changes in laboratory examination, indicating noxious effects of chlorophenoxyacetic acid derivatives upon parenchymatous organs.
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