Anaphylaxis in an airplane after insecticide spraying

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 427-429

  Vanden Driessche, Koen S J ^a   Sow, Alassane ^b   Van Gompel, Alfons ^c   Vandeurzen, Kurt ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Service de Santé des Armées   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Maria Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PHENOTHRIN; PYRETHROID; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY TEST; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; VECTOR CONTROL; WHEEZING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AFRICA; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AIRCRAFT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PYRETHRINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78349232343     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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