A case of a chlorine inhalation injury in an Ebola treatment unit

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 229-231

  Carpenter, Adrian ^a   Cox, Andrew T ^b   Marion, D ^c   Phillips, A ^d   Ewington, I ^b  

^a Garrison Petawawa ^*  (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Misericordia Community Hospital   (Canada)

^d YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADULT; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EXPOSURE; FAINTNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; HYPOCAPNIA; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NURSE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SIERRA LEONE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CHLORINE; DISINFECTANTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; HYPOCAPNIA; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SIERRA LEONE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84988655819     PISSN: 00358665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jramc-2015-000501     Document Type: Article

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