Acute pulmonary effects of toxic nitrogen dioxide fume inhalation

Respiratory Care

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 557-561

  Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Aggarwal, Ashutosh Nath ^a   Jain, Sanjay ^a   Behera, Digamber ^a   Jindal, Surinder Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute inhalation injury; Arterial blood gases; Nitrogen dioxide; Pulmonary function; Spirometry; Toxic exposure

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; EXPLOSION; FUME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INHALATION; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0031880468     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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