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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Lead poisoning resulting from exposure to lead in a domestic car battery workshop is reported in 10 children in 2 families. 2 girls, aged 2 10/12 and 1 8/12 years, respectively, from 1 of the families were hospitalized for investigation of nausea, vomiting, progressive muscular weakness and peripheral neuropathy. Serum lead levels were 52 and 49 mcg/dl, respectively. Subsequent screening of all members of this family, as well as those of the other family who lived in the same house, revealed abnormally elevated levels of serum lead in all the members of both families. The 2 girls were treated with chelating agents and improved clinically and their serum lead levels decreased to 29 and 34 mcg/dl, respectively. The domestic workshop was closed and the 2 families moved to another neighborhood. These cases illustrate the need to screen all family members and contacts of patients with lead poisoning, as well as the hazards of the uncontrolled use of lead in domestic workshops.
pubmed:language
heb
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0017-7768
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
96-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Lead poisoning in two families from a car battery workshop].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract