CS gas-Completely safe? A burn case report and literature review

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 895-897

  Agrawal, Yuvraj ^a   Thornton, Daniel ^a   Phipps, Alan ^a  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; LIQUID PARAFFIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEAR GAS; WATER;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BURN; BURN UNIT; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA; FACE BURN; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; LAVAGE; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLICE; ROOM VENTILATION; SAFETY; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; HUMANS; MALE; O-CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONITRILE; RIOT CONTROL AGENTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67651021346     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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