Organic arsenic intoxication from bird's nest soup

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 317, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-271

  Luong, Khanh Vinh Quoc ^a   Nguyen, Lan Thi Hoang ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arsenic intoxication; Bird's nest soup; Vietnamese

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; URINALYSIS; VIET NAM;

EID: 0033511905     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40520-8     Document Type: Article

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