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Obstructive lung injury after treating wood with sodium hydroxide
1Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
The Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Corrosive lung injuries caused by exposure to sodium hydroxide have seldom been described. A formerly healthy 25-year-old developed irreversible obstructive lung injury after working for one day with a caustic soda treatment of wood in a poorly ventilated room.