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. 1979 Mar-Apr;34(2):83-7.
doi: 10.1080/00039896.1979.10667373.

Collagen breakdown and ammonia inhalation

D V Hatton, C S Leach, A L Beaudet, R O Dillman, N Di Ferrante

Collagen breakdown and ammonia inhalation

D V Hatton et al. Arch Environ Health. 1979 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Measurement of several urinary metabolites of hydroxylysine indicates that considerable collagen degradation occurred in four individuals immediately after they had inhaled concentrated ammonia vapors. Since clinical and/or radiological evidence of intense upper respiratory and pulmonary inflammation were evident, it is likely that collagen degradation occurred at the level of the respiratory system.

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