The Epidemiology of Pepper Spray Exposures Reported in Texas in 1998-2002

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 327-330

  Forrester, Mathias B ^a   Stanley, Sharilyn K ^a  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; OLEORESIN; PEPPER SPRAY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BLINDNESS; BLISTER; CHILD; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; EYE IRRITATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LACRIMATION; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POISON CENTER; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAPSAICIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0347481332     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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