Lead poisoning after ingestion of homemade Chinese medicines

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 518-520

  Fung, Hin Tat ^a   Fung, Chi Wah ^a   Kam, Chak Wah ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese medicines; History; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANTI ACNE AGENT; BAO NING DAN; CHELATING AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; DIMERCAPROL; EDETATE CALCIUM DISODIUM; LEAD; SUCCIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BONE MARROW DISEASE; BONE MARROW HYPERPLASIA; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL SHAPE; CELL STIPPLING; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING;

EID: 0345095440     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2003.00511.x     Document Type: Article

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