2, 4-dinitrophenol poisoning caused by non-oral exposure

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-327

  Jiang Jiukun, ^a   Yuan Zhihua, ^a   Huang Weidong, ^a   Wang Jiezan, ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

2; 4 dinitrophenol; occupational exposure; poisoning; respiratory system; skin

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; ANTIDOTE; NORPHENAZONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMOPERFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESUSCITATION; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXIC INHALATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

2,4-DINITROPHENOL; ADULT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISONING; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 79955690113     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710387004     Document Type: Article

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