Metals and health: A clinical toxicological perspective on tungsten and review of the literature

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1002-1005

  Van Der Voet, Gijsbert B ^a   Todorov, Todor I ^b   Centeno, Jose A ^a   Jonas, Wayne ^c   Ives, John ^c   Mullick, Florabel G ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COBALT; COPPER; CORTICOSTEROID; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; URANIUM;

ARMY; BULLET; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL CULTURE; DESENSITIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SKIN; TOXICOLOGY; WEAPON;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548780362     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.9.1002     Document Type: Review

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