Diseases

Heavy Metal Poisoning

Poisoning that results from chronic or acute ingestion, injection, inhalation, or skin absorption of HEAVY METALS. Acute and chronic exposures can cause ANEMIA; KIDNEY and LIVER damage; PULMONARY EDEMA; MEMORY LOSS and behavioral changes; bone deformities in children; and MISCARRIAGE or PREMATURE LABOR in PREGNANT PEOPLE.

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Poisoning that results from chronic or acute ingestion, injection, inhalation, or skin absorption of HEAVY METALS. Acute and chronic exposures can cause ANEMIA; KIDNEY and LIVER damage; PULMONARY EDEMA; MEMORY LOSS and behavioral changes; bone deformities in children; and MISCARRIAGE or PREMATURE LABOR in PREGNANT PEOPLE.

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  • Heavy Metal Poisonings
  • Metal Poisoning, Heavy
  • Metal Poisonings, Heavy
  • Poisoning, Heavy Metal
  • Poisonings, Heavy Metal

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2018(2010)

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  1. C25.723.522

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Heavy Metal Poisoning. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000075322. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000075322
  2. Heavy Metal Poisoning. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113372385