Sodium azide: A review of biological effects and case reports

Japanese Journal of Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 572-579

  Chiba, Momoko ^a   Ohmichi, Masayoshi ^a,b   Inaba, Yutaka ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chiba City Institute of Health and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidote; Biological effect; Occupational exposure; Sodium azide

Indexed keywords

SODIUM AZIDE;

DIAPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; FAINTNESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

EID: 0033026439     PISSN: 00215082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/jjh.53.572     Document Type: Review

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