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Measurement of concentrations of six metals in Indian traditional medicine preparations and Sindoor powders [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2021 Background: Ayurveda is one of the traditional medical practices that is originated from India where it is still widely practiced. This study is an attempt to determine the concentration of 6 selected metals, namely chromium, cobalt, nickel, arsenic ...
Rosa Mathew +3 more
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Lead Poisoning Mimicking Acute Porphyria! [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 We are presenting a case of a 13-year-old autistic boy whose urine porphyrin test came positive on three separate occasions. The child was brought to emergency department of Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Attavar, Mangalore, India, with fever and ...
Akshatha L N +4 more
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Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2019 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) serves as the nation's public health leader and resource on strategies, policies, and practices aimed at preventing lead exposure in young ...
A. Ettinger, M. Leonard, Jacquelyn Mason
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Lead Poisoning Risk Assessment: Blood Lead Screening
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1994 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lowered the blood lead level (BPb) considered a toxic risk to children from 25 mcg/dL to 10 mcg/dL in Oct 1991.
J Gordon Millichap
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Lead poisoning outbreak among opium users in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2016–2017
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2018 Objective To describe an outbreak of lead poisoning among opium users in the Islamic Republic of Iran and estimate the number of affected people in the country.
T. Ghane +4 more
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Educational Case: Lead Poisoning
Academic Pathology, 2017 The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology.
Barbara E. C. Knollmann-Ritschel MD +1 more
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Lead poisoning; a neglected potential diagnosis in abdominal pain
BMC Gastroenterology, 2019 Background Abdominal pain may be a presenting symptom of lead poisoning and is often difficult to diagnose. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of abdominal pain in patients seen in the Laghman Hakim Hospital ED and GI clinic who were lead ...
M. Shabani +6 more
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Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2015 Background: For children in Georgia, lead poisoning is a substantial public health problem. Primary risk factors include low socioeconomic status and poor-quality housing built prior to 1978.
R. Rustin +3 more
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Subacute axonal motor polyneuropathy due to lead poisoning in an oral opium addict; a case report [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine, 2018 Introduction: Lead poisoning usually occurs in occupational situations, however, there are sometimes non-occupational toxicities and opium-related lead poisoning has been reported recently. Neuropathy due to lead poisoning can also occur.
Esmaeil Farzaneh, Afshin Habibzadeh
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Lead Poisoning in Opium Abuser in Iran: A Systematic Review
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2018 Substance abuse and its consequences are major health hazards in the world. Opium addiction is a common form of substance abuse in Iran. Adulteration of illegal substances in the process of production and distribution of the drug in black market with ...
K. Soltaninejad, S. Shadnia
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