Dieffenbachia species exposures: An evidence-based assessment of symptom presentation

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 335-338

  Pedaci, Lea ^a   Krenzelok, Edward P ^b,c   Jacobsen, T D ^d   Aronis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; COUGHING; ERYTHEMA; EYE IRRITATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; PLANT INTOXICATION; PRURITUS; RASH; SALIVATION; SKIN EDEMA; VOMITING;

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PLANTS, TOXIC;

DIEFFENBACHIA;

EID: 0032843215     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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