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Obstructive airway disease associated with occupational sodium hydroxide inhalation
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Rubin, Amihai E. ‌
Obstructive airway disease associated with occupational sodium hydroxide inhalation / Amihai E. Rubin, Lea Bentur, Yedidia Bentur
Sumario: The effects of occupational exposure to sodium hydroxide by inhalation have never been described. The present article reports a patient in whom prolonged and massive inhalation of NaOH mists in the workplace apparently resulted in severe obstructive airway disease with significant air trapping. Possible mechanisms are discussed
En: British journal of industrial medicine. - London and Margate. - nº 3, March 1992 ; p. 213-214
1. Medicina laboral ‌. 2. Enfermedades pulmonares ‌. 3. Enfermedades profesionales ‌. 4. Vías respiratorias ‌. 5. Hidróxido de sodio ‌. 6. Casos prácticos ‌. I. Bentur, Lea ‌. II. Bentur, Yedidia ‌. III. Title. IV. Título: British journal of industrial medicine.