Elevated Blood Cyanide Concentrations in Victims of Smoke Inhalation
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- 19 December 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 325 (25) , 1761-1766
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199112193252502
Abstract
The nature of the toxic gases that cause death from smoke inhalation is not known. In addition to carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide may be responsible, but its role is uncertain, because blood cyanide concentrations are often measured only long after exposure.Keywords
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