Mass casualties from acute inhalation of chloramine gas

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 102-104

  Pascuzzi, Thomas A ^a   Storrow, Alan B ^a,b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICARBONATE; STEROID; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG INJURY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLDIER;

EID: 0031951646     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.2.102     Document Type: Article

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