Andrew Jackson's exposure to mercury and lead: Poisoned president?

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 569-571

  Deppisch, Ludwig M ^a,b,d   Centeno, Jose A ^c   Gemmel, David J ^b   Torres, Norca L ^c  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d Northside Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LEAD ACETATE; MERCUROUS CHLORIDE; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAD POISONING; MERCURIALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

EID: 0033546612     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.6.569     Document Type: Article

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