Skin and soft tissue necrosis from calcium chloride in a deicer

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-44

  Kim, Min P ^a   Raho, Vittorio J ^b   Mak, John ^b   Kaynar, A Murat ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calcinosis cutis; Calcium chloride; deicer; exothermic; necrosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; SNOW;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CALCIFICATION; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN NECROSIS; TISSUE NECROSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICE; NECROSIS; SKIN;

EID: 33846260199     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.05.030     Document Type: Article

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