Lessons from a methanol poisoning outbreak in Egypt: Six case reports
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Methanol poisoning and long term sequelae – a six years follow-up after a large methanol outbreak
BACKGROUND Mass poisonings with methanol are rare but occur regularly both in developed and in developing countries. Data from the poisoning episodes are often published, but follow-up-data is scarce. We therefore conducted a six year follow-up study after the large methanol outbreak in Estonia in September 2001. METHODS Surviving victims from the outbreak were contacted and invited to an int...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2220-3141
DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.v9.i3.54