Case report: A metabolic disorder presenting as pediatric manganism

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1776-1779

  Sahni, Vanita ^a   Léger, Yves ^b   Panaro, Linda ^a   Allen, Mark ^c   Giffin, Scott ^d   Fury, Diane ^e   Hamm, Nadine ^e  

^a Canadian Field Epidemiology Program   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c New Brunswick Department of Health   (Canada)

^d New Brunswick Health Region 2 ^*  (Canada)

^e New Brunswick Health Region 1   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental medicine; Manganese; Manganese poisoning; Toxicity; Water

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

CHILD; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE POISONING; METABOLIC DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38749113958     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10421     Document Type: Article

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