Toxicity of bone marrow in dentists exposed to nitrous oxide

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 291, Issue 6495, 1985, Pages 567-569

  Sweeney, Brian ^a   Bingham, Robert M ^a   Amos, Roger J ^a   Petty, Alison C ^a   Cole, Peter V ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEOXYURIDINE; DNA; NITROUS OXIDE; RADIOISOTOPE; THYMIDINE H 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; DENTIST; DIET; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTOXICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; BONE MARROW; DENTISTS; DEOXYURIDINE; DNA; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0021932446     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6495.567     Document Type: Article

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