Medical complications due to mothball abuse

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 427-429

  Weintraub, Eric ^a   Gandhi, Devang ^a   Robinson, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; NAPHTHALENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SNIFFING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0034011510     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200004000-00015     Document Type: Article

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