Poisoning by Petroleum

Assessment and management of acute poisoning by petroleum products.

Petroleum products are highly complex chemical mixtures consisting predominantly of hydrocarbons. Their composition varies with source and intended use of the product. Virtually all are blended products that come into contact with man in a wide range of circumstances. Their toxicity for man is generally low and the use of additives rarely affects the toxicity of the final product. Because produ...

Petroleum poisoning in two rural families.

Drug Poisoning: Poisoning by Antidepressants

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Electroencephalographic studies on liquefied petroleum gas poisoning in rabbits.

KOMURA, S., UEDA, M. and FUJIMURA, K. Electroencephalographic Studies on Liquefied Petroleum Gas Poisoning in Rabbits. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1973, 111 (1), 33-40 -Rabbits were put into a special box which had a gas-exit and an upperpositioned gas-inlet, from which the Japanese Industrial Standard No. 3 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (L.P.G.) was distributed on equal proportion. The changes in the behav...

[Petroleum poisoning in children (apropos of 59 cases recorded at the Pediatrics Department in Africa)].