Methyl bromide intoxication during grain store fumigation

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-90

  Deschamps, F J ^a   Turpin, J C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BROMIDE; METHYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; FOOD STORAGE; GRAIN; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTOXICATION; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0030043175     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/46.1.89     Document Type: Article

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