Lead poisoning in childhood in Ceylon.
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- 1 December 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 42 (226) , 579-582
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.42.226.579
Abstract
A series of 12 cases of Pb poisoning in children in Colombo is reported. In addition to the sources of Pb which are generally recognized, in 6 cases the source was traced to the fact that the children were living in premises where small-scale gold recovery from jeweler''s wastes was carried out. Inhalation of lead-containing fumes was a feature in many of the cases.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit: