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A Case of Lead Poisoning Due to Snooker Chalk

Overview
Journal Arch Dis Child
Specialty Pediatrics
Date 2000 Nov 22
PMID 11087293
Citations 3
Authors
P I Dargan
P H Evans
I M House
A L Jones
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Abstract

A 3 year, 9 month old child with pica presented with a blood lead concentration of 1.74 micromol/l (360 microg/l). The source of poisoning was snooker chalk (lead content 7200 microg/g). She was treated with intravenous calcium disodium edetate chelation. Thirty months later her blood lead was 0.39 micromol/l (80 microg/l). This case illustrates the need to be vigilant for more unusual causes of lead poisoning in the home.

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