Hydrogen fluoride inhalation injury because of a fire suppression system

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-112

  Zierold, Col Dustin ^a   Chauviere, Matthew ^a  

^a DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROFLUORIC ACID;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FIRE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FIRES; HUMANS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855655992     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00165     Document Type: Article

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