Lead poisoning following ingestion of pieces of lead roofing plates: Pica-like behavior in an adult

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-269

  Sabouraud, Sabine ^a   Testud, François ^a   Descotes, Jacques ^a   Benevent, Monique ^b   Soglu, Gilbert ^b  

^a Poison Center   (France)

^b General Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Adult; Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetracetate; CaNa2EDTA; Chelating drugs; DMSA; Eating disorder; Lead poisoning; Meso 2,3 dimercaptosuccinic acid; Pica; Succimer

Indexed keywords

EDETATE CALCIUM DISODIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; LAXATIVE; LEAD; SUCCIMER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; BULLET; CASE REPORT; CERAMICS; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KITCHEN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; PICA; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BONE DISEASES; CHELATING AGENTS; EDETIC ACID; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LAXATIVES; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PICA;

EID: 40849100126     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701639014     Document Type: Article

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