Hydrogen sulphide

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 367-371

  Guidotti, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulphide; Keratoconjunctivitis; Pulmonary oedema; Sour gas

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NATURAL GAS; NITRITE; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LUNG EDEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

EID: 0029803989     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/46.5.367     Document Type: Article

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