Metals with high specific gravity, typically larger than 5. They have complex spectra, form colored salts and double salts, have a low electrode potential, are mainly amphoteric, yield weak bases and weak acids, and are oxidizing or reducing agents (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
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Heavy Metal Poisoning : The elements of murder : [a history of poison] / John Emsley
2005
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Heavy Metal Poisoning, Nervous System -- diagnosis : Heavy metals : a rapid clinical guide to neurotoxicity and other common concerns / Kenneth R. Spaeth, MD, MPH, MOH Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York ; Antonios J. Tsismenakis, MA 4th year Medical Student, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts ; Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor and Director, Occupational & Environmental Medicine Residency, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, Director of Employee & Industrial Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts ; Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, editor
2010
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Heavy Metal Poisoning, Nervous System -- therapy : Heavy metals : a rapid clinical guide to neurotoxicity and other common concerns / Kenneth R. Spaeth, MD, MPH, MOH Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York ; Antonios J. Tsismenakis, MA 4th year Medical Student, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts ; Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Associate Professor and Director, Occupational & Environmental Medicine Residency, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, Director of Employee & Industrial Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts ; Stefanos N. Kales, MD, MPH, FACP, FACOEM, editor
Heavy metals -- Environmental aspects -- Australia -- Tasmania. : Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and heavy metals in the effluent from the Temco Bell Bay smelter : a confidential report / Andrew P. Murray, Bruce J. Richardson and J. Gus Fabris
1989?
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Heavy metals -- Environmental aspects -- Australia -- Victoria. : A review and evaluation of Australian and New Zealand data on Mytilus edulis L. (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae) relevant to use of the species as a biological indicator of environmental pollution by heavy metals / L.S. Hammond