TY - JOUR PY - 1994// TI - Toxicity associated with severe inhalational and dermal exposure to dimethylacetamide and 1,2-ethanediamine JO - Journal of Occupational Medicine A1 - Marino, G. A1 - Anastopoulos, H. A1 - Woolf, A. D. SP - 637 EP - 641 VL - 36 IS - 6 N2 - We present the case of a worker who was accidentally exposed (inhalational and dermal routes) to the chemicals dimethylacetamide and ethylenediamine for 90 minutes in a confined space. Clinical effects included delirium, hallucinations, skin burns, cellulitis, bilateral conjunctivitis, hepatitis, secondary coagulopathy, rhabdomyolysis, and a grade 2 esophagitis. Urinary monomethylacetamide levels 6 days after the exposure were 61 ppm.

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