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Case Report

Infantile lead poisoning from an Asian tongue powder: A case report & subsequent public health inquiry

Alan D. WoolfCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Javed Hussain
,
Laura McCullough
,
Milena Petranovic Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
&
ChulAthida Chomchai Department of Pediatrics, Siriraj Hospital, Toxicology, Bangkok, Thailand
Pages 841-844 | Received 30 Nov 2007, Accepted 03 Jan 2008, Published online: 02 Dec 2008

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