Pulmonary effects of combustion products from nickel-coated polycarbonate

Fire and Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 213-217

  Larsen, James B ^a   Williams, Brian K ^a   Nelson, Gordon L ^b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; COMBUSTION; FOAMED PLASTICS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NICKEL; PLASTIC BUILDING MATERIALS; PULMONARY DISEASES; PYROLYSIS; SMOKE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY;

POLYCARBONATES;

EID: 0031222073     PISSN: 03080501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1018(199709/10)21:5<213::AID-FAM610>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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