Lithium

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• Personal Author:
  Benowitz NL ; Jiranantakan T
• Description:
  Lithium is used for the treatment of bipolar depression and other psychiatric disorders and occasionally to raise the white blood cell count in patients with leukopenia. Serious toxicity is caused most commonly by chronic overmedication in patients with renal impairment. Acute overdose, in contrast, is generally less severe. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biopharmaceutics Occupational Health Safety Toxicology
• Keywords:
  Chemical Kinetics Lithium Pharmaceuticals Pharmacology Toxic Effects
• ISBN:
  9780071668330
• Publisher:
  The McGraw-Hill Companies
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053645
• Citation:
  Poisoning and drug overdose, 6th edition. Olson KR ed. San Francisco, CA: The McGraw-Hill Companies 2011 Sep; :1-4
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lithium (CAS RN 7439-93-2)
• Editor(s):
  Olson KR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Poisoning and drug overdose, 6th edition
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0eae665dbe35d7ab299ec2b692e3f8ac6057a15be5662ad641df1ec2935b074f3245d225aa53aa872d2c83dd78ca0e2d0ccdc0cc2b109f9f57b2d7e2a0598582
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216366/cdc_216366_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 63.30 KB ]