RT Journal
A1 Eckardt RE
T1 CLinical toxicology and the practicing physician
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1958
FD April 19
VO 166
IS 16
SP 1949
OP 1953
DO 10.1001/jama.1958.02990160007002
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1958.02990160007002
AB Several general principles are helpful to the practicing physician in arriving at the proper diagnosis in cases that involve clinical toxicology. The most important information the physician needs to know is what the working environment of the patient is like. Other factors include knowledge of the general housekeeping of the industrial plant involved, the general level of personal hygiene, and predictions of, and pertinent but not misleading data on, toxic action. Finally, the practicing physician should know where he can turn for advice when he suspects toxic reactions in patients.