Lethal inhalation exposure during maintenance operation of a hydrogen fluoride liquefying tank

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 51-54

  Dote, Tomotaro ^a   Kono, Koichi ^a   Usuda, Kan ^a   Shimizu, Hiroyasu ^a   Kawasaki, Takashi ^a   Dote, Emi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute respiratory failure; hydrofluoric acid; inhalation exposure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; HYDROFLUORIC ACID;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LETHALITY; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK MANAGEMENT; VAPORIZATION;

AGED; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CALCIUM SULFATE; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYGIENE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 11144331563     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233703th174oa     Document Type: Article

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