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Document ID (ISN)27101
CIS number 77-805
ISSN - Serial title 0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine
Year 1976
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Pinto S.S.
Title Case report - Arsine poisoning: Evaluation of the acute phase.
Bibliographic information Sep. 1976, Vol.18, No.9, p.633-635. 8 ref.
Abstract A case report of a 27-year-old man who had worked in a copper smelter and refinery for 3 years, and a note on the mechanism of arsine production, are followed by discussion of diagnosis and treatment of arsine poisoning. Acute, moderate to severe poisoning is characterised by migratory abdominal cramps and tenderness, nausea, vomiting and painless haemoglobinuria. There is leukocytosis, elevated plasma haemoglobin and haemoglobinuria without cellular debris. Blood and urinary arsenic determinations should be made if possible.
Descriptors (primary) acute poisoning; smelting plants; arsine
Descriptors (secondary) case study; symptoms; copper ores
Document type -
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances
Smelting and refining operations
Arsenic and compounds