Survival after massive arsenic poisoning self-treated by high fluid intake

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 27-29

  Kamijo, Yoshito ^a,b   Soma, Kazui ^a   Asari, Yasushi ^a   Ohwada, Takashi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; DIMERCAPROL; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRINKING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INTOXICATION; LETHAL DOSE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHARMACIST; SHOCK; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

EID: 0031924736     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15563659809162579     Document Type: Article

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