Three cases of lead toxicity associated with consumption of ayurvedic medicines

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-329

  Raviraja, A ^a,b   Vishal Babu, G N ^a   Sehgal, Anusha ^c   Saper, Robert B ^c   Jayawardene, Innocent ^d   Amarasiriwardena, Chitra J ^d   Venkatesh, T ^a  

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

^b Dharwad and Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Ayurvedic medicine; Blood lead level; Chelation; Lead toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; LEAD; MERCURY; PENICILLAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUTRITION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY;

TETRA;

EID: 77957279270     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12291-010-0051-9     Document Type: Article

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