Heavy Metals : A Rapid Clinical Guide to Neurotoxicity and Other Common Concerns.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (98 pages)
- Public Health in the 21st Century .
- Public Health in the 21st Century .
Intro -- HEAVY METALS: A RAPID CLINICAL GUIDE TO NEUROTOXICITY AND OTHER COMMON CONCERNS -- HEAVY METALS: A RAPID CLINICAL GUIDE TO NEUROTOXICITY AND OTHER COMMON CONCERNS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- WHAT THE EXPERTS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HEAVY METALS: A RAPID CLINICAL GUIDE -- INTRODUCTION TO PRINCIPLES OF HEAVY METAL EXPOSURE -- ARSENIC (AS) -- CLINICAL PEARLS -- SOURCES -- TOXICOKINETICS AND TOXICODYNAMICS -- NEUROTOXICITY AND OTHER MAJOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS -- LABORATORY TESTING -- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT -- REFERENCES -- LEAD (PB) -- CLINICAL PEARLS -- SOURCES -- TOXICOKINETICS AND TOXICODYNAMICS -- NEUROTOXICITY AND OTHER MAJOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS -- LABORATORY TESTING -- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT -- REFERENCES -- MANGANESE (MN) -- CLINICAL PEARLS -- SOURCES -- TOXICOKINETICS AND TOXICODYNAMICS -- NEUROTOXICITY AND OTHER MAJOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS -- LABORATORY TESTING -- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT -- REFERENCES -- MERCURY (HG) -- CLINICAL PEARLS -- SOURCES -- TOXICOKINETICS AND TOXICODYNAMICS -- Elemental Mercury -- Inorganic Mercury -- Methylmercury -- Ethylmercury -- NEUROTOXICITY AND OTHER MAJOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS -- Elemental Mercury -- Inorganic Mercury -- Methylmercury -- Ethylmercury -- LABORATORY TESTING -- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT -- REFERENCES -- THALLIUM -- CLINICAL PEARLS -- SOURCES -- TOXICOKINETICS AND TOXICODYNAMICS -- NEUROLOGICAL AND OTHER SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS -- LABORATORY TESTING -- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT -- REFERENCES -- UNCONVENTIONAL TESTS FOR METALS: THEIR PITFALLS AND POTENTIAL MISUSES -- CLINICAL PEARLS -- STANDARD VERSUS UNCONVENTIONAL TESTING -- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- KENNETH R. SPAETH MD, MPH, MOH -- ANTONIOS J. TSISMENAKIS MA -- STEFANOS N. KALES MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM -- INDEX.