Mercury poisoning after spillage at home from a sphygmomanometer on loan from hospital

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7206, 1999, Pages 366-367

  Rennie, A C ^a   McGregor Schuerman, M ^b   Dale, I M ^c   Robinson, C ^a   McWilliam, R ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b Law Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Glasgow Occupational Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; UNITHIOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; MERCURIALISM; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

CHILD; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 0033533224     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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