Cyanide: Sources, Perceptions, and Risks

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Schnepp, Robert ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY NURSING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACUTE DISEASE; CAUSALITY; CYANIDES; EMERGENCY NURSING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKE; TERRORISM; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33746016964     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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