Evaluation and treatment of wrist drop in a patient due to lead poisoning: Case report

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-680

  Dsouza, Herman Sunil ^a   Dsouza, Sebestina Anita ^b   Menezes, Geraldine ^c   Thuppil, Venkatesh ^c  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

BPb levels; Chelation therapy; Lead poisoning; Occupational hazard; Wrist drop

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; WRIST;

ADULT; CHELATING AGENTS; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIAL NEUROPATHY; WRIST;

EID: 75149155188     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.677     Document Type: Article

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