Citation

Gerhardsson L, Dahlgren E, Eriksson A, Lagerkvist BE, Lundström J, Nordberg GF. Scand. J. Work Environ. Health 1988; 14(2): 130-133.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Umeå, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Finland Institute of Occupational Health)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3387961

Abstract

A worker was buried under arsenic trioxide in an industrial accident. He was almost immediately released but had inhaled and swallowed substantial amounts of arsenic dust. In spite of intensive treatment, circulatory collapse could not be prevented, and he died 6 h after the exposure. The treatment, autopsy findings, and arsenic concentrations in tissues and body fluids are described and discussed.

Language: en