Toxicity of ingested formalin and its management

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 360-366

  Pandey, C K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Formalin; Formic acid; Ingestion; Methanol; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; METHANOL;

ABSORPTION; ACCIDENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; INGESTION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLITE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SHOCK; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TOXICITY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0033817625     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096032700678815954     Document Type: Article

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