Epidemic of accidental carbon monoxide poisonings caused by snow- obstructed exhaust systems

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 290-292

  Rao, R ^a   Touger, M ^a   Gennis, P ^a   Tyrrell, J ^a   Roche, J ^a   Gallagher, E J ^a  

^a JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031027577     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(97)70284-1     Document Type: Article

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