Ayurvedic medicine: Patients in peril from plumbism

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1233, 2006, Pages

  van Schalkwyk, Johan ^a   Davidson, James S ^b   Palmer, Barry ^b   Hope, Virginia ^c,d  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c Auckland Regional Public Health Service   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL; DIMERCAPROL; EDETIC ACID; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; PAROXETINE; SUCCIMER; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; CHELATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; VOMITING;

EID: 33646562475     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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