Lead toxicity: A review

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 55-64

  Wani, Ab Latif ^a   Ara, Anjum ^a   Usmani, Jawed Ahmad ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

environmental health; heavy metals; lead poisoning; Lead toxicity

Indexed keywords

CANADA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962608723     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/intox-2015-0009     Document Type: Review

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