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Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

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Toxicology is the study of harmful effects of drugs, organic substances, and medication on the human body. Many medications and substance abuse can result in radiologic manifestations during imaging patients for a variety of conditions. Knowledge of the radiological signs of certain common medications and abused substances helps radiologists in interpretation of these radiological abnormalities and artifacts when encountered incidentally. In this topic, selected medications and drugs which have well-recognized radiological signs are discussed and illustrated.

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    Jarrah Ali Al-Tubaikh

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Al-Tubaikh, J.A. (2023). Occupational Medicine and Toxicology. In: Internal Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28575-2_12

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