Diseases

Nervous System Heavy Metal Poisoning

Conditions associated with damage or dysfunction of the nervous system caused by exposure to heavy metals, which may cause a variety of central, peripheral, or autonomic nervous system injuries.

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Abstract

Conditions associated with damage or dysfunction of the nervous system caused by exposure to heavy metals, which may cause a variety of central, peripheral, or autonomic nervous system injuries.

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2 entry terms
  • Heavy Metal Poisoning, Nervous System
  • Poisoning, Heavy Metals, Nervous System

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34 allowable subheadings

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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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Metals or specifics/poisoning (1966-1999)
  • Metals, Heavy/poisoning (1997-1999)

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  1. C10w.720.475w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nervous System Heavy Metal Poisoning. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020260. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020260
  2. Nervous System Heavy Metal Poisoning. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_toxicity
  3. Nervous System Heavy Metal Poisoning. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4215775