Confined-space accidents on the farm: The manure pit and the silo

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 108-111

  Shepherd, Lisa G ^a  

^a St Thomas Elgin General Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Farm accident; Hydrogen sulphide; Nitrogen dioxide; Silo

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144457119     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500003808     Document Type: Review

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