Nine cases of accidental exposure to dimethyl sulphate - A potential chemical weapon

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 878-879

  Rippey, James Charles Rowland ^a   Stallwood, M I ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIMETHYL SULFATE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONVULSION; DELIRIUM; EYE INFLAMMATION; FATALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INHALATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LARYNX EDEMA; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPILLAGE; TERRORISM; TISSUE NECROSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ALKYLATING AGENTS; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 28844507794     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.015800     Document Type: Article

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