Opium addiction and lead poisoning

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-212

  Soltaninejad, Kambiz ^a   Flückiger, Andreas ^b   Shadnia, Shahin ^c  

^a LEGAL MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Addiction; lead; opium

Indexed keywords

LEAD; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT CODING; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79955702925     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: 14759942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14659891.2010.545860     Document Type: Article

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