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Heavy Metal Poisoning: Mercury and Lead
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1972Abstract The addition of mercury and lead to the widening spectrum of environmental polluters has made us examine the use of these materials in our industrial culture and reconsider the relationshi...
JEAN S. FELTON +4 more
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Heavy metal poisoning: the effects of cadmium on the kidney
BioMetals, 2010The heavy metal cadmium (Cd) is known to be a widespread environmental contaminant and a potential toxin that may adversely affect human health. Exposure is largely via the respiratory or gastrointestinal tracts; important non-industrial sources of exposure are cigarette smoke and food (from contaminated soil and water).
Nikhil, Johri +2 more
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Heavy metal poisoning: management of intoxication and antidotes
2010Of the known elements, nearly 80% are either metals or metalloids. The highly reactive nature of most metals result in their forming complexes with other compounds such oxygen, sulfide and chloride. Although this reactivity is the primary means by which they are toxic, many metals, in trace amounts, are vital to normal physiological processes; examples
Daniel E, Rusyniak +5 more
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Heavy metal poisoning: a review of the literature
Ciencia y FronteraDespite the efforts made by the World Health Organization to create prevention programs and strategies for heavy metal poisoning, some of these are still frequent, mainly in some work areas. Its effects can range from minimal to lethal for humans, depending on the exposure time and the dose.
Angela Patricia Arriaga Bravo +5 more
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METALLOTHIONEIN AND HEAVY METAL POISONING
Biochemical Society Transactions, 1994P, Kille, P E, Olsson
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Diagnosis of heavy metal exposure and treatment of heavy metal poisoning
Korean Institute for Functional MedicineHeavy metals are substances that are widely present in the environment and are also used in human industrial activities. Heavy metals that cause major clinical problems include mercury, lead, arsenic, cadmium, and aluminum. Heavy metals can be exposed to humans not only through food but also through environmental media and household products.
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Neurosyphilis, or Chronic Heavy Metal Poisoning
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 1995Since the 1490s, the treatment of syphilis has consisted of heavy metals--first mercurial and later arsenic and bismuth preparations. Tabes dorsalis, as described by Duchenne in the 1850s, is made up of various characteristic neurologic symptoms. "Gastric crises," sudden stabbing pains followed by vomiting and diarrhea, was originally included by ...
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