Are one or two dangerous? Camphor exposure in toddlers

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-54

  Love, Jeffrey N ^a   Sammon, Maura ^b   Smereck, Janet ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

camphor; overdose; pediatrics; toxicity

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CAMPHOR; CHARCOAL; PENTOBARBITAL; POLACRILIN;

AMBULANCE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 3042604614     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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