Delayed Respiratory Fatality From Trimethylsilyldiazomethane: What Do Workers Need to Know About Potentially Hazardous Exposures?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e15-e16

  Bray, Patricia A ^a   Sokas, Rosemary K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAZOMETHANE; TRIMETHYLSILYLDIAZOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LD50; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED;

CHEMICAL HAZARD RELEASE; DIAZOMETHANE; FATAL OUTCOME; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY EDEMA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930526420     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000281     Document Type: Article

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