Mothballs: Bringing safety issues out from the closet

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1003-

  Lim, Hoon Chin ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; CAMPHOR; NAPHTHALENE;

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NOTE; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE I; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; NAPHTHALENES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33751005007     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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