Prolonged elimination half-life of phenol after dermal exposure

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 707-711

  Bentur, Yedidia ^a,b   Shoshani, Oren ^a   Tabak, Arek ^a   Binnun, Alon ^a   Ramon, Yitzhak ^a   Ulman, Yehuda ^a   Berger, Yosef ^a   Nachlieli, Tal ^a   Peled, Yitzhak J ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; DOPAMINE; PHENOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; SILVEROL; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TROCLOSENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; WATER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ABSORPTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031701798     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563659809162619     Document Type: Article

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