Acute health effects after exposure to chlorine gas released after a train derailment

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Van Sickle, David ^a   Wenck, Mary Anne ^a,b   Belflower, Amy ^b   Drociuk, Dan ^b   Ferdinands, Jill ^a   Holguin, Fernando ^a,d   Svendsen, Erik ^b,c   Bretous, Lena ^b   Jankelevich, Shirley ^a   Gibson, James J ^b   Garbe, Paul ^a   Moolenaar, Ronald L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICARBONATE; CHLORINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GASES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAILROADS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SOUTH CAROLINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549093530     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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