From smoke inhalation to chemical attacks: Acute cyanide poisoning in the prehospital setting

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.2, 2006, Pages

  Maniscalco, Paul M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanide Antidote Kit; cyanide poisoning; prehospital emergency medicine; smoke inhalation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858037308     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00015880     Document Type: Editorial

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