Chlorine gas inhalation: Human clinical evidence of toxicity and experience in animal models

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 257-263

  White, Carl W ^a   Martin, James G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Chlorine; Human; Lung; Oxidant; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BLEACHING AGENT; CHLORINE; CLARA CELL PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; OZONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ASPHYXIA; ASTHMA; ATELECTASIS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BURN; CARDIOMEGALY; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DEATH; DESQUAMATION; DYSPNEA; GAS POISONING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TOXICITY; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; REVIEW; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WHEEZING; ACCIDENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; GAS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST;

ACCIDENTS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MODELS, ANIMAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 77957891554     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: 19435665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.201001-008SM     Document Type: Review

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