Heavy metal poisoning in glass worker characterised by severe.
The paper presents the clinical description of the masticatory organ and biochemical assessment of dental tissue in a patient employed in a glassworks for 20 years. During 12 years the patient has suffered baldness ("Alopecia areata") and atypical extensive and non-healing cutaneous lesions. Dental examination revealed changes typical of chronic poisoning by cadmium and bismuth compounds.
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Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical Academy, Karmelicka 7, 20-081 Lublin, Poland.
Staroslawska
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Wolanska
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Jarmolinska
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D000368:Aged; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000139:chemically induced; D001729:Bismuth / Q000506:poisoning / Q000592:standards / Q000633:toxicity; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000150:complications; D005898:Glass; D000075322:Heavy Metal Poisoning; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013793:Thallium / Q000506:poisoning; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*
D013793:Thallium; D001729:Bismuth