Episode of toxic gas exposure in sewer workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-280

  Watt, Monika M ^a,b   Watt, Stephen J ^a   Seaton, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

inhalation accidents; reactive airways dysfunction syndrome; sewer workers

Indexed keywords

SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TOXIC GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DYSPNEA; GAS POISONING; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LUNG BURN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ODOR; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWER; SORE THROAT; THIRST;

EID: 0030889771     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.4.277     Document Type: Article

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