Toxic Exposures Flashcards
0
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Plumbism is what?
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Chronic Inorganic Lead Psg
1
Q
Due to industrial exposures
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Acute Inorganic Lead Poisoning
2
Q
Treatment for inorganic lead psg
A
Chelation therapy
3
Q
Usually due to tetraethyl lead contained in gasoline additives
A
Organic Lead Psg
4
Q
Used as seed dressings and fungicides
A
Organic mercury
5
Q
Heavy metal that binds to many enzymes often at sulfhydryl groups in the active site
A
Mercury
6
Q
Presents as Minamata Disease
- cerebral palsy
- deafness
- blindness
- mental retardation
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Organic mercury poisoning
7
Q
A radioactive gas
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Radon
8
Q
2nd most common cause of lung cancer after cigarette smoking
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Radon
