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Review
. 1992 Jul-Sep;7(3):567-86.

Unusual occupational toxins

D O Hryhorczuk  1 , S E Aks, J W Turk
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  • PMID: 1496435
Review

Unusual occupational toxins

D O Hryhorczuk et al. Occup Med. 1992 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Occupational and environmental medicine affords encounters with many unusual toxins, ranging from exotic metals to rocket fuels. Twelve of the most unusual industrial toxins are reviewed here and their clinical manifestations and treatments explored: acetonitrile, acrylonitrile, boron hydrides, dimethylaminopropionitrile, dimethylformamide, hydrazines, methyl isocyanate, 2-nitropropane, phosphine, Stalinon, tellurium, and vanadium.

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