Lead poisoning and recurrent abdominal pain

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 494-496

  Shiri, Rahman ^a   Ansari, Mostafah ^b   Ranta, Martta ^a   Falah Hassani, Kobra ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Laparotomy; Lead toxicity; Nausea; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; DIMERCAPROL; EDETATE CALCIUM DISODIUM; LEAD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHELATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547663669     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.494     Document Type: Article

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