A case of acute gasoline intoxication at the scene of washing a petrol tank

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-169

  Takamiya, Masataka ^a   Niitsu, Hisae ^a   Saigusa, Kiyoshi ^a   Kanetake, Jun ^a   Aoki, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gasoline; Occupational accident; Poisoning; Toluene; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

1,2,3 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; GASOLINE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FACE INJURY; FAINTNESS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS MASK; GAS POISONING; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NECK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PNEUMONIA; ROOM VENTILATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TANK; THORAX INJURY; TOXICITY TESTING; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0242636907     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(03)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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