Mercury intoxication resulting from school barometers in three unrelated adolescents

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-134

  Koyun, Mustafa ^a   Akman, Sema ^a   Güven, Ayfer Gür ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Barometer; Intoxication; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIMERCAPROL; ENALAPRIL; MERCURY; NIFEDIPINE; PENICILLAMINE; PRAZOSIN; UNITHIOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BAROMETER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MERCURIALISM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RASH; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MERCURY POISONING; STUDENTS;

EID: 1542297650     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-003-1389-2     Document Type: Article

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