Health hazards of hydrogen sulfide: Current status and future directions

Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 262-269

  Milby, Thomas H ^a   Baselt, Randall C ^b  

^a Chemical Toxicology Institute ^*  (United States)

^b Chemical Toxicology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase; Hydrogen sulfide; Hyperbaric oxygen; Knockdown

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; COLLAPSE; EYE IRRITATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTOXICATION; LUNG EDEMA; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033508857     PISSN: 15227987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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