Severe paraquat poisoning: Clinical and radiological findings in a survivor;Intoxicação grave por paraquat: Achados clínicos e radiológicos em um sobrevivente

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 513-516

  Neves, Fábio Fernandes ^a   Sousa, Romualdo Barroso ^a   Pazin Filho, Antônio ^a   Cupo, Palmira ^a   Elias Jr , Jorge ^a   Nogueira Barbosa, Marcello Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Paraquat poisoning; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957759659     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132010000400019     Document Type: Article

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