Association of naphthalene with acute hemolytic anemia

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-47

  Santucci, Karen ^a,c   Shah, Binita ^b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Div of Pediatric Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency; Hemolysis; Naphthalene

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033988008     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb01889.x     Document Type: Article

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