Subacute fatal aluminum poisoning in dialyzed patients: Post-mortem toxicological findings

Forensic Science International

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 41-43

  De Wolff, Frederik A ^a   Berend, Kenrick ^b   Van Der Voet, Gijsbert B ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Diatel Curaçao   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Haemodialysis; Metals; Poisoning; Post mortem; Subacute; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; DRINKING WATER; SEA WATER; TAP WATER;

BLOOD LEVEL; BONE; BRAIN CORTEX; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIALYSATE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISTILLATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER; LONG TERM CARE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; NAUSEA; NETHERLANDS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TIME; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; VOMITING; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037077804     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00159-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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