| Evaluation of medicinal herbs in amelioration of plumbism in rats. |
| Renal function 17 to 23 years after chelation therapy for childhood plumbism. |
| The syndrome of childhood plumbism caused by the ingestion of lead is believed to affect more than 2 million American preschool-aged children. |
| Lead poisoning, also called plumbism, deleterious effect of a gradual accumulation of lead in body tissues, as a result of repeated exposure to lead-containing substances. |
| Research has demonstrated that intramuscularly embedded lead in humans and rats may cause direct plumbism, albeit rarely, and has identified risk factors to this end. |
| Occult lead poisoning is a difficult diagnosis to make in a primary care setting because the symptoms of plumbism are nonspecific. |
