Lead poisoning caused by Indian ethnic remedies in Italy

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-133

  Muzi, Giacomo ^a,b   Dell'Omo, M ^a   Murgia, N ^a   Curina, Anna ^a   Ciabatta, Simona ^a   Abbritti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE; ANALGESIC AGENT; HEAVY METAL;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LEAD POISONING; RISK FACTOR; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CONSTIPATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALGESICS; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; BACK PAIN; CONSTIPATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; ITALY; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 24944544928     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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