Management of chemically contaminated bodies

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 141-145

  Edkins, Adrienne ^a   Murray, Virginia ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONTAMINATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SUICIDE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MORTUARY PRACTICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 17144370966     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.4.141     Document Type: Review

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