Elemental mercurial poisoning

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1033-1036

  Homage, Helge ^a,b   Otte, Britta ^a   Westermann, Gerald ^a   Witta, Jan ^a   Welling, Ullrich ^a   Zidek, Walter ^a   Heidenreich, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Medizinische Poliklinik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; UNITHIOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MERCURIALISM; POLYNEUROPATHY; SUICIDE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ANTIDOTES; CHELATING AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITHIOL;

EID: 0030863277     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199710000-00012     Document Type: Article

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