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- Lancet, Vol.2 no.8102, 9 Dec. 1978, pg 1227-1230,
- Myeloneuropathy after prolonged exposure to nitrous oxide.
- --the B12 deficiency. Doesn't look like a real problem without
- very heavy use or very low B12 levels.
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- Lancet, Aug12, 1978, pg339-342, Megaloblastic hemopoiesis in
- patients receiving nitrous oxide.
- --B12 metabolism
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- Anaesthesiology, 1978, Dec67(6) 960-964,
- --sorry, havn't got the title, this is about teratogenic effects
- in rats.
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- Anaesthesia, 34, 1979, pg147-151,
- --nitrous hazardous for patients with ear surgery or ear
- disease. Forgot to mention this problem in the previous post. Does not
- appear to be a problem if your ears are healthy.
-
- Seminars in Surgical Oncology, 1990, 6(3), 141-147
- --cancer, cause or cure? Havn't read this one (not in the local
- library).
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- Abuse of volatile substances, information paper 2, (Australian)
- Commonwealth Department of Health, Drugs of Dependency branch, 1984,
- --this is a great reference, a small booklet on N2O, patterns of
- abuse, obtainability, toxicity and side effects, etc. Probably difficult
- to get outside of Australia, but worth trying for.
-
- Acta Anae. Scand. 1985 29 pg 635-638,
- --study on volunteers looking at acute tolerance, subjective and
- objective observations.
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- Review of inhalants: Euphoria to Dysfuntion, Sharp, C.W. and
- Brehm, M. L. (editors), NIDA research monograph no.15, U.S. Government
- Printing Office, October 1977
- --this contains two articles, Abuse of Inhalation Anaesthetic
- drugs, by M.B. Chenoweth, and Preclinical Behavioural toxicology of
- Inhalant solvents, by R.E. Bowman, that are probably worthwhile.
-
- American Journal of Forensic Medical Pathology,
- 1988, Mar 9(1), pg 60-63, Death by nitrous oxide: an interesting
- case of auto-eroticism
- --sounds amusing.
-
- 1989, Dec 10(4), pg 330-331,
- --another suicide case
-