Inhalational nickel carbonyl poisoning in waste processing workers

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Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 424-429

  Seet, Raymond C S ^a   Johan, Azman ^b   Teo, Cuthbert E S ^c   Gan, Siok Lin ^d   Lee, Kang Hoe ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

^d Ministry of Manpower Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chelation therapy; Clinical features; Nickel carbonyl

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHELATING AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NICKEL COMPLEX; OXYGEN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INHALATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 22244472638     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.1.424     Document Type: Article

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