Citation

Henretig FM, Kirk MA, McKay CA. New Engl. J. Med. 2019; 380(17): 1638-1655.

Affiliation

From the Division of Emergency Medicine and Poison Control Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (F.M.H.); the Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (M.A.K.); and the Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center and Hartford Hospital, Hartford (C.A.M.).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMra1504690

PMID

31018070

Abstract

The authors explain the effects of exposure to respiratory irritants, vesicants, asphyxiants (including cyanide), and cholinergic agents (organophosphate insecticides and military nerve agents).

Language: en