{"title":"Obstructive lung injury after treating wood with sodium hydroxide.","authors":"K S Hansen, H Isager","doi":"10.1093/occmed/41.1.45","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>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.</p>","PeriodicalId":76684,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine","volume":"41 1","pages":"45-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/occmed/41.1.45","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/41.1.45","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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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.