Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for carbon monoxide poisoning

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-354

  Weaver, Lindell K ^a,b,c  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; METHODOLOGY;

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CYANIDES; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION;

EID: 84904420693     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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