Chlorine gas release associated with employee language barrier - Arkansas, 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 981-985

  Whitlow, Ashley ^a   Louie, Shirley ^a   Mueller, Charles ^b   King, Bradley ^b   Page, Elena ^b   Bernard, Bruce ^b  

^a Arkansas Dept of Health   (Chile)

^b Div of Surveillance   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORINE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PH; POULTRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARKANSAS; ASTHMA; CHLORINE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871356195     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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