Burns in Tanzania: Morbidity and Mortality, Causes and Risk Factors: A Review. [PDF]
, 2013 Burn injuries in low and middle income countries still remain a significant health problem, even though numbers of burn injuries in high income countries have decreased showing that such events are not "accidents" but are usually preventable.
Ismail, Hawa +4 more
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Corneoscleral laceration and ocular burns caused by electronic cigarette explosions [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: To report cases of acute globe rupture and bilateral corneal burns from electronic cigarette (EC) explosions. METHODS: Case series. RESULTS: We describe a series of patients with corneal injury caused by EC explosions.
Echalier, Elizabeth +6 more
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Emergency management: chemical burns
Community Eye Health Journal, 2018 Chemical injury causes severe corneal scarring, but this can be prevented by immediate irrigation of the eye.
Millicent Bore
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Reusable module for the storage, transportation, and supply of multiple propellants in a space environment [PDF]
, 2004 A space module has an outer structure designed for traveling in space, a docking mechanism for facilitating a docking operation therewith in space, a first storage system storing a first propellant that burns as a result of a chemical reaction therein, a
Mankins, John C., Mazanek, Daniel D.
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Cue utilization and strategy application in stable and unstable dynamic environments [PDF]
, 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsys.2010.12.004 Copyright © 2011 ...
Osman, M, Speekenbrink, M
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Delayed local chemical burns following dermal exposure to bromoacetic acid: a case report
Toxicology CommunicationsBromoacetic acid is an alkylating agent that can cause chemical burns after dermal exposure. We describe a case of chemical burns resulting from dermal exposure to bromoacetic acid, a toxic chemical commonly used in pharmaceutical and industrial settings.
Kara A. Yeung +5 more
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LIFE-THREATENING BURNS CAUSED BY HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS
Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2018 Background Chemical burns are 2.5 % to 5.1% of all burn injuries. Burns caused with household chemicals occur even more rarely. Because of its relative rarity there is no common surgical tactics for such patients.
K. M. Krylov +4 more
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Review of Life at the ICI : memories of working at ICI Billingham [PDF]
, 2010 Review of Life at the ICI: Memories of working at ICI Billingham, M. Williamson (ed).
Walker, David
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The Ocular Surface Chemical Burns
Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 Ocular chemical burns are common and serious ocular emergencies that require immediate and intensive evaluation and care. The victims of such incidents are usually young, and therefore loss of vision and disfigurement could dramatically affect their ...
Medi Eslani +3 more
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Shake & Bake: Dual-Use Chemicals, Contexts, and the Illegality of American White Phosphorus Attacks in Iraq [PDF]
, 2007 [Excerpt] “On November 29, 2005, in a Department of Defense press conference with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Gen. Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Pace stated that white phosphorus “is a legitimate tool of the ...
Tessier, Joseph D.
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