Abdominal pain due to lead-contaminated opium: A new source of inorganic lead poisoning in Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-75

  Masoodi, Mohsen ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a   Ehsani Ardakani, Mohammad Javad ^a   Mohammad Alizadeh, Amir Hoshang ^a   Aiassofi, Kazem ^a   Aghazadeh, Rahim ^a   Shavakhi, Ahmad ^a   Somi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Antikchi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Yazdani, Saeed ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lead; Opium ingestion; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; EDETATE CALCIUM; LEAD; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPIATE ADDICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CHELATING AGENTS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; IRAN; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 31144439650     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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