Clinical implications of the ethane in exhaled breath in patients with acute paraquat intoxication

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Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1506-1510

  Hong, Sae Yong ^c   Gil, Hyo Wook ^a,b   Yang, Jong Oh ^c   Lee, Eun Young ^c   Na, Joo Ock ^c   Seo, Ki Hyun ^c   Kim, Yong Hoon ^c  

^a Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ethane; Ethane in exhaled breath; Paraquat

Indexed keywords

ETHANE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PARAQUAT;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGESTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE LEVEL; VALVE;

EID: 24944575165     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.3.1506     Document Type: Article

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