Acute cyanide toxicity caused by apricot kernel ingestion

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 742-744

  Suchard, J R ^a   Wallace, K L ^a   Gerkin, R D ^a  

^a GSRMC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMYL NITRITE; ANTIDOTE; CYANIDE; SODIUM NITRITE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; CYANIDE POISONING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031741690     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70077-0     Document Type: Article

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