Spontaneous ignition due to intentional acute aluminum phosphide poisoning

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-181

  Shadnia, Shahin ^a   Soltaninejad, Kambiz ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LEGAL MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

Author keywords

aluminum phosphide; fatal poisoning; ignition; phosphine; suicide

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUMIGATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LAVAGE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHINES; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751526680     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.05.028     Document Type: Article

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