Acute hydrogen selenide gas poisoning admissions in one of the hospitals in Delhi,India: case report

Abstract

Acute gas poisoning is one of the most important medicosocial problems in the developing countries. An outbreak of acute inhalation exposure to hydrogen selenide occurred in Delhi, India. This report includes our findings on epidemiological, clinical and biochemical investigations in 31 cases hospitalized immediately after the gas poisoning.

Keywords

hydrogen selenide heavy metal toxicity inhalation poisoning acute bronchitis sinus tachycardia

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