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Article: Deaths from motor-vehicle-related unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning - Colorado, 1996, New Mexico, 1980-1995, and United States, 1979-1992.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- November 29, 1996
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, toxic gas that is a product of incomplete combustion. Motor vehicles, heaters, and appliances that use carbon-based fuels are the main sources of this poison. Most fatal unintentional CO poisonings associated with motor vehicles are preventable and can result from differing mechanisms of exposure: operation of a motor vehicle with a damaged or malfunctioning exhaust system and an inadequately ventilated passenger compartment, 2) operation of a motor vehicle in an enclosed space (e.g., a garage) with inadequate ventilation, and 3) use of auxiliary fuel-burning heaters inside a passenger compartment or in a camper (1-8). This ...
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