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Lead Poisoning: A Persistent health Hazard-General and oral aspects

S. Saeed,S. Hasan,Priyadarshini Choudhury

Published 2017 in Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal

ABSTRACT

Because of the benefits of it’s physio-chemical properties, the use of lead can be traced back to the times of Hippocrates. However, it still remains to be one of the most important and significant environmental toxicant. Toxic levels of lead has a multi systemic organ involvement which attributes to high levels of morbidity and mortality. Because of its non biodegradable nature and continuous use, lead poisoning continues to be an important public health concern. Accurate and timely diagnosis of lead poisoning should be made by thorough medical history and eliciting the spectrum of varied clinical signs and symptoms. Appropriate intervention and management by chelating agents are necessary to combat this dreaded entity.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2017

  • Venue

    Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal

  • Publication date

    2017-03-25

  • Fields of study

    Medicine, Environmental Science

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.13005/BPJ/1127
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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