Plumbism - A mimicker of common childhood symptoms

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Kalra, Veena ^a   Gulati, Sheffali ^a   Chitralekha, K T ^a   Pande, Pratibha ^a   Makhijani, S D ^b   Sharma, C S ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Pica; Plumbism

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034087686     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02726170     Document Type: Article

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