Injuries caused by hazardous materials accidents

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 598-603

  Kales, S N ^a   Polyhronopoulos, G N ^a   Castro, M J ^a   Goldman, R H ^a   Christiani, D C ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLORINE; ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; FREON; GASOLINE; PESTICIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030773553     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70075-1     Document Type: Article

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