Blood lead level in opium abuse. Which is more dangerous? Opium smoking or opium ingestion?

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  • Abbas Aghabiklooei Department of Legal Medicine, Medical Toxicology division, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran|Department of Internal Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Nader Rezaei Department of Internal Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Pouyan Alinia Department of Internal Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Shirin Izadi Department of Internal Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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volume 8  issue 4

pages  126- 129

publication date 2019-12-01

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