Marked elevation of urinary zinc levels and pleural-friction rub in metal fume fever

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 164-165

  Fuortes, Laurence ^a   Schenck, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEVER; FUME; HUMAN; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MYALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; ZINC URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AUSCULTATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SPIROMETRY; WELDING; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 0034110911     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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