title: Unusual occupational toxins.
abstract: Occupational and environmental medicine affords encounters with many unusual toxins, ranging from exotic metals to rocket fuels. Twelve of the most unusual industrial toxins are reviewed here and their clinical manifestations and treatments explored: acetonitrile, acrylonitrile, boron hydrides, dimethylaminopropionitrile, dimethylformamide, hydrazines, methyl isocyanate, 2-nitropropane, phosphine, Stalinon, tellurium, and vanadium.
authors.affiliation: Toxikon Consortium Section of Clinical Toxicology, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL 60612.
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Hryhorczuk
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Aks
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Turk
mesh_terms: D000097:Acetonitriles / Q000009:adverse effects; D000181:Acrylonitrile / Q000009:adverse effects; D000629:Aminopropionitrile / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D003485:Cyanates / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000009:adverse effects; D017953:Isocyanates; D009595:Nitroparaffins / Q000009:adverse effects; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D010720:Phosphines / Q000009:adverse effects; D011407:Propane / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D013691:Tellurium / Q000009:adverse effects; D014639:Vanadium / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000097:Acetonitriles; D003485:Cyanates; D006834:Hydrazines; D017953:Isocyanates; D009595:Nitroparaffins; D010720:Phosphines; D014639:Vanadium; D000629:Aminopropionitrile; C019348:dimethylaminopropionitrile; C008461:methyl isocyanate; C044646:phosphine; C016617:2-nitropropane; D000181:Acrylonitrile; D013691:Tellurium; D011407:Propane; C032159:acetonitrile