Moonshine-related arsenic poisoning
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 140 (2) , 211-213
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.140.2.211
Abstract
Twelve sequential cases of As poisoning were reviewed for possible sources of ingestion. Contaminated illicit whiskey (moonshine) appeared to be the source in .apprx. 50% of the patients. An analysis of confiscated moonshine revealed that occasional specimens contained high levels of As as a contaminant. Although As poisoning occurs relatively infrequently, contaminated moonshine may be an important cause of the poisoning in some areas of the country.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- Arsenical neuropathyNeurology, 1967