Lead poisoning due to adulterated marijuana in Leipzig;Bleiintoxikationen durch gestrecktes marihuana in Leipzig

Deutsches Arzteblatt

Volumn 105, Issue 44, 2008, Pages 757-762

  Busse, Franziska P ^a   Fiedler, Georg Martin ^a   Leichtle, Alexander ^a   Hentschel, Helmut ^b   Stumvoll, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Gemeinsames Giftinformationszentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anemia; Colic; Drug abuse; Lead poisoning; Marijuana

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CANNABIS; EDETATE CALCIUM; LEAD; PENICILLAMINE; SUCCIMER; UNITHIOL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; BLOOD SMEAR; CANCER RISK; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CHELATION THERAPY; COLIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXICOKINETICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 56449093722     PISSN: 00121207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2008.0757     Document Type: Article

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