Gallium poisoning: A rare case report

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-215

  Ivanoff, Chris S ^a   Ivanoff, Athena E ^b   Hottel, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Exposure; Gallium; Poisoning; Semiconductor; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; ELECTROLYTE; GALLIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DERMATITIS; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; EYELID EDEMA; FEMALE; GALLIUM POISONING; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRESYNCOPE; RASH; RESEARCH; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DEFECT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SWELLING; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TONGUE; TREMOR; URINALYSIS; VERTIGO; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; GALLIUM; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; POISONING; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855217093     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.10.041     Document Type: Article

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