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MeSH Heading: Heavy Metal Poisoning
Tree Number(s): C25.723.522
Unique ID: D000075322
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000075322
Scope Note: Poisoning that results from chronic or acute ingestion, injection, inhalation, or skin absorption of HEAVY METALS. Acute and chronic exposures can cause ANEMIA; KIDNEY and LIVER damage; PULMONARY EDEMA; MEMORY LOSS and behavioral changes; bone deformities in children; and MISCARRIAGE or PREMATURE LABOR in PREGNANT PEOPLE.
See Also: Metals, Heavy
Public MeSH Note: 2018; HEAVY METAL TOXICITY was indexed under POISONING 2010-2017 and METALS, HEAVY/POISONING 2010-2017
History Note: 2018(2010)
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/08/09

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Heavy Metal Poisoning MeSH Descriptor Data 2025