thallium poisoning

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• Thallium poisoning — Poisoning with the element thallium which enters the environment primarily from coal burning and smelting. It stays in the air, water, and soil for a long time and is not broken down. It builds up in fish and shellfish. The major source of… …   Medical dictionary

• Thallium — (pronEng|ˈθæliəm) is a chemical element with the symbol Tl and atomic number 81. [ [http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/81.html thallium ] , Los Alamos National Laboratory. Retrieved November 21, 2006.] This soft gray malleable poor metal resembles …   Wikipedia

• thallium — /thal ee euhm/, n. Chem. a soft, malleable, rare, bluish white metallic element: used in the manufacture of alloys and, in the form of its salts, in rodenticides. Symbol: Tl; at. wt.: 204.37; at. no.: 81; sp. gr.: 11.85 at 20°C. [1860 65; < NL,… …   Universalium

• thallium — A white metallic element, atomic no. 81, atomic wt. 204.3833; 201Tl (half life equal to 3.038 days) is used to scan the myocardium. [G. thallos, a green shoot (it gives a green line in the spectrum)] t. 201 (201 …   Medical dictionary

• heavy metal poisoning — poisoning by any of the heavy metals; common conditions include antimony poisoning, arsenic poisoning, cadmium poisoning, cobalt poisoning, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, thallium poisoning, and zinc poisoning …   Medical dictionary

• Poisoning — Taking a substance that is injurious to health or can cause death. Poisoning is still a major hazard to children, despite child resistant (and sometimes adult resistant) packaging and dose limits per container. See also poison, Poison Control… …   Medical dictionary

• Alexander Litvinenko poisoning — Alexander Litvinenko was a former officer of Russian Federal Security Service, who escaped prosecution in Russia and received a political asylum in Great Britain. He authored two books, and Lubyanka Criminal Group, where he accused Russian secret …   Wikipedia

• Zhu Ling (poisoning victim) — Zhu Ling (zh cp|c=朱令|p=Zhū Lìng, b. 1973) [http://www.nanfangdaily.com.cn/rwzk/20060111/mj/200603030019 290762.jpgphoto] is best known as the victim of an unsolved 1995 thallium poisoning case in Beijing, China. Her case was reported to the… …   Wikipedia

• Lead poisoning — Classification and external resources An X ray demonstrating the characteristic finding of lead poisoning, dense metaphyseal lines. ICD 10 T …   Wikipedia

• Carbon monoxide poisoning — This article is about carbon monoxide poisoning. For general information on carbon monoxide, see carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide poisoning Classification and external resources Spacefilling model of a carbon monoxide molecule …   Wikipedia

• Mercury poisoning — Classification and external resources Elemental mercury ICD 10 T …   Wikipedia