Hydrocarbon poisoning in children: A 5-year retrospective study

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-82

  Lifshitz, Matityahu ^a   Sofer, Shaul ^a   Gorodischer, Rafael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Central nervous system toxicity; Children; Hydrocarbon; Kerosene; Pneumonia; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWSINESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESTLESSNESS; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STUPOR; SUMMER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYPNEA; VOMITING;

EID: 0037708542     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2003)014[0078:HPICAY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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