Acute respiratory syndrome following accidental inhalation of mercury vapor

Although the manufacture of glass mercury thermometers is now prohibited, they are still present in daily life and represent a source of accidental mercury intoxication. Physicians should be able to recognize the clinical manifestations of mercury poisoning caused by accidental exposure and know the...

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Autores principales: Cortes, Jorge, Peralta, Jaime, Díaz‐Navarro, Rienzi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6099007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30147899
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1656
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spelling pubmed-60990072018-08-24 Acute respiratory syndrome following accidental inhalation of mercury vapor Cortes, Jorge Peralta, Jaime Díaz‐Navarro, Rienzi Clin Case Rep Case Reports Although the manufacture of glass mercury thermometers is now prohibited, they are still present in daily life and represent a source of accidental mercury intoxication. Physicians should be able to recognize the clinical manifestations of mercury poisoning caused by accidental exposure and know the appropriate treatment for this toxicological emergency. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6099007/ /pubmed/30147899 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1656 Text en © 2018 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Acute respiratory syndrome following accidental inhalation of mercury vapor
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6099007/
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