Humidifier disinfectants, unfinished stories
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Humidifier disinfectants, unfinished stories.
Once released into the air, humidifier disinfectants became tiny nano-size particles, and resulted in chemical bronchoalveolitis. Families had lost their most beloved members, and even some of them became broken. Based on an estimate of two million potential victims who had experienced adverse effects from the use of humidifier disinfectants, we can say that what we have observed was only the t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health and Toxicology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2233-6567
DOI: 10.5620/eht.e2016004