Acute arsenic poisoning from ingestion of 'snakes'

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 394-396

  Brayer, Anne F ^a   Callahan, Charles M ^a   Wax, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic poisoning; Fireworks ingestion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ARSENIC; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; GLUCOSE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; POISONING;

EID: 0031456371     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199712000-00010     Document Type: Article

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