Cyanide as a weapon of terror

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 236-240

  Rotenberg, Joshua S ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYL NITRITE; SODIUM NITRITE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE;

ACIDOSIS; APNEA; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYANIDE POISONING; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; NEUROTOXICITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TERRORISM;

EID: 0037386303     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20030401-07     Document Type: Review

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