Pneumomediastinum associated with inhalation of white smoke

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 751-752

  Holmes, Phillip Shawn ^a  

^a MARTIN ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROETHANE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARMY; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMONIA; SOLDIER; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032835370     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.10.751     Document Type: Article

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