Acute severe chromium poisoning after dermal exposure to hexavalent chromium

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-221

  Lin, Chun Chi ^a   Wu, Ming Ling ^a,b   Yang, Chen Chang ^a,b   Ger, Jiin ^a,b   Tsai, Wei Jen ^a,b   Deng, Jou Fang ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Chromium poisoning; Dermal exposure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHROMIUM; UNITHIOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE TOXICITY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; CHEMICAL BURN; CHROMIUM POISONING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIMB PAIN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLIGURIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SKIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 65549157917     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70059-0     Document Type: Article

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