Facial injury by mercury from a broken thermometer

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 847-849

  Yotsuyanagi, Takatoshi ^a   Yokoi, Katsunori ^a   Sawada, Yukimasa ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

foreign body; mercury; thermometer

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; THERMOMETER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029945571     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199605000-00033     Document Type: Article

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