Cold burn from contact with a propane and butane gas blend inside a spray canister used as a hooter

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-62

  Bonamonte, D ^a   Profeta, G ^a   Conserva, A ^a   Mazzoccoli, S ^a   Foti, C ^a   Angelini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burns; Butane; Cold; Contact dermatitis; Liquefied petrol gas; Propane

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUTANE; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; PROPANE;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD BURN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DEVICE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPRAY CANISTER;

AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; BUTANES; COLD; FROSTBITE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPANE; SKIN;

EID: 47249129423     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01331.x     Document Type: Article

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