Occupational lead poisoning

American Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 719-726

  Staudinger, Kevin C ^a   Roth, Victor S ^b  

^a Baptist Health Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; DIMERCAPROL; EDETATE CALCIUM DISODIUM; LEAD; PENICILLAMINE; SUCCIMER;

ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHELATION THERAPY; DRUG CHOICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEAD POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHELATING AGENTS; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATIENT EDUCATION; TEACHING MATERIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032519614     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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