A Note on the Prevalence of Lead Poisoning in India
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tion of practitioners to the prevalence of lead poisoning in this country. I do not propose to discuss its symptomatology or treatment as these are fully dealt with in all the standard textbooks, but I wish to warn practitioners of the necessity of keeping this disease in mind. It must be the common experience of those of us who handle many outpatients to meet a large number of cases which defy speedy diagnosis. I will take only two instances, (1) vague abdominal pain, and (2) irregular
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دوره 68 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016