TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Carbon monoxide poisoning: an ancient and frequent cause of accidental death JO - British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005) A1 - Dubrey, Simon W. A1 - Chehab, Omar A1 - Ghonim, Sarah SP - 159 EP - 162 VL - 76 IS - 3 N2 - Carbon monoxide poisoning is both an ancient and current cause of inadvertent (accidental) death and more recently has emerged as a cause of suicide worldwide. This article describes the pathophysiology and epidemiology of this most toxic and frequently occult poison.

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LA - en SN - 1750-8460 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2015.76.3.159 ID - ref1 ER -