An unexplained death: Hannah Greener and chloroform

Anesthesiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1250-1253

  Knight III, Paul R ^a   Bacon, Douglas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE INJURY;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ARRHYTHMIA; CHLOROFORM; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LUNG; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 0036242436     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200205000-00030     Document Type: Article

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