Flour contamination as a source of lead intoxication

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-112

  Dona, Artemis ^a,b   Dourakis, Spyros ^a   Papadimitropoulos, Basilios ^a   Maravelias, Constanitine ^a   Koutselinis, Antonios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTAMINATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FLUOR; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FAMILY; FLOUR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032977888     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-100102416     Document Type: Article

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