Health effects of carbon monoxide intoxication

Carrer, P.; Fanetti, A.C.; Schlitt, C.
Year:
2007
Bibliographic info:
EnVIE Conference on Indoor Air Quality And Health for EU Policy, Helsinki, Finland, 12-13 June, 2007

Carbon monoxide is a colourless, practically odourless and tasteless gas that is poorlysoluble in water, but it is soluble in alcohol and benzene. It is a product of incompletecombustion of carbon-containing fuels. Carbon monoxide burns with a violet flameand it is classified as an inorganic compound. It has a slightly lower density than air.

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