RT Book, Section
A1 Lung, Derrick
A2 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Anderson, Ilene B.
A2 Benowitz, Neal L.
A2 Blanc, Paul D.
A2 Clark, Richard F.
A2 Kearney, Thomas E.
A2 Kim-Katz, Susan Y.
A2 Wu, Alan H. B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1174606066
T1 HYDROCARBONS
T2 Poisoning & Drug Overdose, 7e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071839792
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1174606066
RD 2024/04/16
AB Hydrocarbons  are  used  widely  as  solvents,  degreasers,  fuels,  and  lubricants.  Besides  inadvertent  exposure,  poisoning  also  commonly  occurs  from  inhalation  of  volatile  hydrocarbon  gases  used  as  drugs  of  abuse.  Hydrocarbons  include  organic  compounds  derived  from  petroleum  distillation  as  well  as  many  other  sources,  including  plant  oils,  animal  fats,  and  coal.  Subcategories  of  hydrocarbons  include  aliphatic  (saturated  carbon  structure),  aromatic  (containing  one  or  more  benzene  rings),  halogenated  (containing  chlorine,  bromine,  or  fluorine  atoms),  alcohols  and  glycols,  ethers,  ketones,  carboxylic  acids,  and  many  others.  This  chapter  emphasizes  toxicity  caused  by  common  household  hydrocarbons.  See  specific  chemicals  elsewhere  in  Section  II  and  in  Table  IV–4.