Chronic arsenic poisoning

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-107

  Ahsan, Tasnim ^a   Zehra, Kaneez ^a   Munshi, Alia ^b   Ahsan, Samiah ^c  

^a JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b Centre of Environmental Studies Pesir   (Pakistan)

^c OMI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; WATER;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILY; HAIR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NAIL; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAMPLE; SKIN DEFECT; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; NAILS; PAKISTAN; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 59949104317     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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