Toxic hepatitis from dimethylacetamide

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-4

  Baum, Susan L ^a,b   Suruda, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amide type solvents; Dimethylacetamide; Hepatotoxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749457227     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1997.3.1.1     Document Type: Article

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