Lessons from the recent case of CO poisoning due to shisha (hookah, narghile) tobacco smoking in Singapore
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Lessons from the recent case of CO poisoning due to shisha (hookah, narghile) tobacco smoking in Singapore
Dear Editors, In their interesting report, Lim et al. state that shisha CO poisoning is rare in Singapore [1]. The situation is actually the same worldwide. In Saudi Arabia, only 1 shisha smoker out of 24 cases of CO-related intoxications of various origins could be identified [2]. A few years ago, two cases related to hookah lounges were reported in France, a country with a total of about 1,00...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1865-1372,1865-1380
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-009-0139-2