Assessment of erythrocyte cholinesterase activity in victims of smoke inhalation

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-326

  Houeto, Paul ^a,b   Borron, Stephen W ^a,e   Baud, Frédéric J ^a,f   Muszynski, Jerzy ^a   Buisine, Anne ^b   Gourlain, Hervé ^b   Cheftel, Eric ^c   Marlière, Fabrice ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^d Inst Natl l'Environnement I   (France)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHOLINESTERASE; CYANIDE; FLAME RETARDANT; PLASMA PROTEIN; TOXIC GAS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MALE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHOLINESTERASES; CYANIDES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FIRES; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MEPROBAMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY;

EID: 0032999873     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-100102429     Document Type: Article

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