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Case Report

A fatal case following exposure to zinc chloride and hexachloroethane from a smoke bomb in a fire simulation at a school

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Pages 563-565 | Received 13 Jun 2007, Accepted 03 Aug 2007, Published online: 07 Oct 2008

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