Lead poisoning due to adulterated marijuana

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 358, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1641-1642

  Busse, Franziska ^a   Omidi, Leyla ^a   Leichtle, Alexander ^a   Windgassen, Michael ^b   Kluge, Eyleen ^a   Stumvoll, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Dialysis Center Grimma   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CHELATING AGENT; LEAD;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANEMIA; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BASOPHIL; BRAIN DISEASE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHELATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FATIGUE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LETTER; NAUSEA; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 42049107277     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0707784     Document Type: Letter

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