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A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung DiseasesInhalation Injury

A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases: Inhalation Injury [Chemicals with potential toxicity are regularly used and produced in a variety of industrial processes. Individuals may suffer inhalation exposures to potentially toxic gases in the workplace, the general environment, including the home or as smoke inhalation during a fire, or as weapons of mass destruction. In this chapter we review the basic determinants of inhalation exposure as well as the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of inhalation lung injury caused by chemical asphyxiants and irritant toxic gases.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung DiseasesInhalation Injury

Part of the Respiratory Medicine Book Series
Editors: Huang, Yuh-Chin T.; Ghio, Andrew J.; Maier, Lisa A.
Prezant, David J.; Smith, Dorsett D.; Mohr, Lawrence C.
A Clinical Guide to Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases — Sep 19, 2012
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Publisher
Humana Press
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012
ISBN
978-1-62703-148-6
Pages
189 –216
DOI
10.1007/978-1-62703-149-3_10
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Abstract

[Chemicals with potential toxicity are regularly used and produced in a variety of industrial processes. Individuals may suffer inhalation exposures to potentially toxic gases in the workplace, the general environment, including the home or as smoke inhalation during a fire, or as weapons of mass destruction. In this chapter we review the basic determinants of inhalation exposure as well as the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of inhalation lung injury caused by chemical asphyxiants and irritant toxic gases.]

Published: Sep 19, 2012

Keywords: Acute inhalation injury; Toxic gas; Asphyxiants; Irritants; Particulates; Smoke inhalation

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