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Asphyxia

Known as: Suffocation, Asphyxia [Disease/Finding], Asphyxiation 
A state of general hypoxia and hypercapnea, resulting in acidosis, which affects all tissues in the body.
National Institutes of Health

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AnoxemiaAnoxiaCarbon DioxideCarbon Dioxide 99 % Gas for Inhalation

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Respiration Disorders

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2005
2005
Useless and Pernicious Matter
Thomas Wood, a miller of Billericay, in Essex, was born of intemperate parents on 30 November 1719. As a child, he suffered from… 
2000
2000
Fish Kills: Their Causes and Prevention
Sudden, large fish kills in ponds are often the result of fish suffocation caused by nightime oxygen depletion in the summer… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The tolerance of White Leghorn and broiler chicks, and turkey poults to diets that contained deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin)-contaminated wheat.
Three experiments were done to determine the effects of giving White Leghorn chickens, broiler chickens, and turkey poults diets… 
1983
1983
Changes in aldehyde dehydrogenase activity during diethylnitrosamine- or 2-acetylaminofluorene-initiated rat hepatocarcinogenesis.
Hepatomas induced in postweanling male Sprague-Dawley rats by sequential dietary 2-acetylaminofluorene (AAF):phenobarbital (PB… 
1978
1978
Edible-Oil Pollution on Fanning Island
In August 1975 the M.V. Lindenbank went aground on Fanning Atoll and dumped 17,797 metric tons of cargo onto a pristine coral… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Phenothiazine-induced bulbar palsy-like syndrome and sudden death.
There have been periodic case reports of sudden death due to aspiration or asphyxiation in patients receiving phenothiazines. The… 
1966
1966
Demonstration of Extracellular Space by Freeze-Drying in the Cerebellar Molecular Layer
In electron micrographs of the molecular layer of the mouse cerebellum frozen within 30 sec of circulatory arrest and… 
Review
1959
Review
1959
The elusiveness of neoplasia following roentgen therapy for thymic enlargement in childhood.
The practice of irradiating enlarged thymus glands in infants and children began a little over a half century ago (1) and at the… 
1957
1957
Relative potencies of thyroxine and triiodothyronine based on various criteria in thiouracil-treated chickens.
Relative sensitivities of various criteria, which were found to be suitable qualitative indicators of thyroxine and… 
1943
1943
Deleterious Effects of Anoxia on the Liver of the Hyperthyroid Animal
It has been recognized for some time that persons with thyrotoxicosis and animals in which a state of hyperthyroidism has been…