Clinical and postmortem diagnosis of carbon dioxide poisoning (literature review)
Gladkikh V.D., Kolosova N.A.
1Federal State Unitary Enterprise Scientific and Production Center «Pharmzaschita» Federal Medical and Biological Agency, Khimki, Moscow region.
2Federal State Budgetary Institution «27 Scientific Center» of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Moscow.
Brief summary
Based on an analysis of the literature data, the article presents generalized data characterizing the development of adverse health effects upon exposure to various levels of carbon dioxide, as well as issues of clinical and postmortem diagnosis of poisoning.
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