PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Murray, T. J.
TI  - Carbon monoxide poisoning from Sterno
DP  - 1978 Apr 08
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 800--802
VI  - 118
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/118/7/800.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/118/7/800.full
SO  - CMAJ1978 Apr 08; 118
AB  - A high school student became ill and later unconscious while working over a heating table set over three cans of burning Sterno. Measurements of 1000 to 3000 parts per million of carbon monoxide were obtained around and above the apparatus. Although the room was well ventilated there was incomplete combustion of the canned heating fuel because the apparatus was surrounded by aluminum foil, which resulted in poor oxygenation of the flame area. This case demonstrates the hazards of carbon monoxide poisoning from incompletely burned Sterno.