Hydrofluoric acid poisoning: Data from the Victorian Poisons Information Centre

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-101

  Wong, Anselm ^a   Greene, Shaun ^a   Robinson, Jeff ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hydrofluoric acid; Poison control centre

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROFLUORIC ACID;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROFLUORIC ACID EXPOSURE; INTOXICATION; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856786549     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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