Notoriety to respectability: A short history of arsenic prior to its present day use in haematology

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-317

  Doyle, Derek ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arsenic poisoning; Fowler's solution; J. Begbie; The arsenic eaters of Styria; The industrial uses of arsenic

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ARSENIC POISONING; ASTHMA; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BOWEN DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMA; CONVULSION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MECHANISM; EVENING DOSAGE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRAVES DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEMATOLOGY; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROPATHY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SKIN PAPILLOMA; SOLID TUMOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ARSENIC; HEMATOLOGY; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS;

EID: 64149123568     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07623.x     Document Type: Review

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