Acute hydrogen sulfide poisoning in a dairy farmer

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 420-423

  Gerasimon, Gregg ^a   Bennett, Steven ^b   Musser, Jeffrey ^b   Rinard, John ^b  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome aa3; Hydrogen sulfide; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; APNEA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CELL METABOLISM; EGG; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GAS POISONING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METABOLIC INHIBITION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; APNEA; DAIRYING; EGGS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 34248158157     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650601118010     Document Type: Article

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