Methylene chloride poisoning in a cabinet worker

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 769-772

  Mahmud, Mohammad ^a   Kales, Stefanos N ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Carboxyhemoglobin; Methylene chloride; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; DICHLOROMETHANE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EDUCATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INHALATION; INTOXICATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SYMPTOM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032881544     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107769     Document Type: Article

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