Carbon monoxide poisonings associated with snow-obstructed vehicle exhaust systems - Philadelphia and New York City, January 1996

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 426-427

  Henretig, F ^a   DeRoos, F ^b   Hardy, K ^b   Contostavlos, D ^c   Levenson, R ^d   Logue, J ^e   Touger, M ^f   Mojica, B A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Philadelphia Dept of Health ^*

^d Philadelphia Department of Health   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; SNOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CAR; CASE REPORT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGED; AUTOMOBILES; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PHILADELPHIA; SNOW;

EID: 0030022268     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.6.426     Document Type: Note

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