Hydrogen cyanide in fire smoke: An unrecognized threat to the American firefighter

Fire Engineering

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 4-8

  Walsh, Donald W ^a,b  

^a Cyanide Poisoning Treatment Coalition ^*

^b Chicago Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE SMOKE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MEDICAL COMMUNITY;

ACCIDENTS; COMBUSTION; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRE PROTECTION; SMOKE;

CYANIDES;

EID: 33748860536     PISSN: 00152587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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