Hash-oil manufacture: an important factor in the occurrence of adult burns in Jamaica
West Indian med. j
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37(4): 210-4, dec. 1988. tab
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RESUMO
A retrospective study of burn patients admitted to the Cornwall Regional Hospital during the period 1982 to 1986 revealed that 21 patients sustained their burns during hash-oil manufacture. Hash-oil is the colloquial name for hashish-oil, the extract from the ganja (marijuana) plant. The process of extraction is exrtremely hazardous as it involves the boiling of a volatile liquid. Consequently, burns occur either due to scalds, flash or, most commonly, flames. Young adult men are aminly affected, and more than 50% of them die as a result of their injury
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Main subject:
Burns
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Marijuana Smoking
Type of study:
Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
English Caribbean
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Jamaica
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1988
Type:
Article
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