Lead poisoning by contaminated flour: An unfinished story

Harefuah

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 458-462

  Hershko, C ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Flour mills; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOUR; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ISRAEL;

CHELATING AGENT; PENICILLAMINE;

ADULT; CHELATING AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEAD POISONING; PENICILLAMINE;

EID: 24344491195     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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