Aviation combustion toxicology: An overview

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Chaturvedi, Arvind K ^a  

^a CIVIL AEROSPACE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CYANIDE; CYANOMETHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; LUBRICATING AGENT; METHEMOGLOBIN; NYLON; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYSULFONE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; SULMETHEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AVIATION; AVIATION COMBUSTION TOXICOLOGY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COLORIMETRY; COMBUSTION; CYANIDE POISONING; FATALITY; FIRE; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; OXIMETRY; PYROLYSIS; REVIEW; SMOKE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 75749158147     PISSN: 01464760     EISSN: 01464760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jat/34.1.1     Document Type: Review

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