Pulmonary damage after modest exposure to zinc chloride smoke

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 885-890

  Zerahn, B ^a,b   Kofoed Enevoldsen, A ^a   Jensen, B V ^a   Molvig J ^a   Ebbehoj N ^a   Johansen, J S ^a   Kanstrup, I L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BUDESONIDE; FIBRINOGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; STATISTICS; SYMPTOM; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033452426     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(99)90054-9     Document Type: Article

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