Carbon monoxide poisoning in two workers using an LPG forklift truck within a coldstore

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 483-488

  Gallagher, F ^a   Mason, Howard J ^b  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Coldstore; Confined space; Lift trucks; Mathematical modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IBUPROFEN; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; BUILDING; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER MODEL; FATIGUE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF MEDICATION; SYMPTOM; WORKER;

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 7744220916     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh084     Document Type: Article

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