Chemical hepatitis: pathogenesis, detection and management.
The toxic effects of many nonmedicinal chemicals include serious hepatic injury, often accompanied by various degrees of damage to other organs. Some chemicals produce only mild damage. Others are capable of producing injury only after ingestion of large amounts, after severe exposure, or in combination with another agent such as alcohol.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001711:Biotransformation; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction