G Drasch

Summary

Affiliation: University of Munich
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Assessment of hair mineral analysis commercially offered in Germany
    Gustav Drasch
    Institut für Rechtsmedzin der Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Germany
    J Trace Elem Med Biol 16:27-31. 2002
  2. ncbi Frequency of different anti-depressants associated with suicides and drug deaths
    Gustav Drasch
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Nubbaumstr 26, D 80336 Munich, Germany
    Int J Legal Med 122:115-21. 2008
  3. ncbi The Mt. Diwata study on the Philippines 1999--assessing mercury intoxication of the population by small scale gold mining
    G Drasch
    Institute for Forensic Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    Sci Total Environ 267:151-68. 2001
  4. ncbi Scientific comment on the German human biological monitoring values (HBM values) for mercury
    G Drasch
    , , Frauenlobstr. 7a, , Germany
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 205:509-12. 2002
  5. ncbi The Mt. Diwata study on the Philippines 2000-treatment of mercury intoxicated inhabitants of a gold mining area with DMPS (2,3-dimercapto-1-propane-sulfonic acid, Dimaval)
    G Drasch
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
    Sci Total Environ 307:71-82. 2003
  6. ncbi Clinical and morphological findings on mustard gas [bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide] poisoning
    W Eisenmenger
    Institut fur Rechtsmedizin, Munich, Germany
    J Forensic Sci 36:1688-98. 1991
  7. ncbi Neither DMPS nor DMSA is effective in quantitative elimination of elemental mercury after intentional IV injection
    Florian Eyer
    Department of Toxicology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 44:395-7. 2006
  8. ncbi Increase of renal excretion of organo-mercury compounds like methlymercury by DMPS (2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid, Dimaval)
    Gustav Drasch
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 45:266-9. 2007
  9. ncbi Mercury as a serious health hazard for children in gold mining areas
    Stephan Bose-O'Reilly
    Institute of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment, UMIT University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Eduard Wallnoefer Zentrum I, A 6060 Hall i T, Austria
    Environ Res 107:89-97. 2008

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Publications9

  1. ncbi Assessment of hair mineral analysis commercially offered in Germany
    Gustav Drasch
    Institut für Rechtsmedzin der Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Germany
    J Trace Elem Med Biol 16:27-31. 2002
    ..Hair mineral analysis from these laboratories is unreliable. Therefore we must recommend to refrain from using such analysis to assess individual nutritional status or suspected environmental exposure...
  2. ncbi Frequency of different anti-depressants associated with suicides and drug deaths
    Gustav Drasch
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Nubbaumstr 26, D 80336 Munich, Germany
    Int J Legal Med 122:115-21. 2008
    ..Amongst 1,127 suicides within 5 years, in an area with approximately 5 million people, the youngest suicide victim with SSRIs was 28 years old. In drug death cases, citalopram was obviously over-represented...
  3. ncbi The Mt. Diwata study on the Philippines 1999--assessing mercury intoxication of the population by small scale gold mining
    G Drasch
    Institute for Forensic Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    Sci Total Environ 267:151-68. 2001
    ..A reduction of the external Hg burden on Mt. Diwata is urgently recommended. An attempt to treat the intoxicated participants with the chelating agent dimercaptopropanesulfonic acid (DMPS) is planned...
  4. ncbi Scientific comment on the German human biological monitoring values (HBM values) for mercury
    G Drasch
    , , Frauenlobstr. 7a, , Germany
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 205:509-12. 2002
  5. ncbi The Mt. Diwata study on the Philippines 2000-treatment of mercury intoxicated inhabitants of a gold mining area with DMPS (2,3-dimercapto-1-propane-sulfonic acid, Dimaval)
    G Drasch
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
    Sci Total Environ 307:71-82. 2003
    ..Adverse side effects were rarely reported. Only in one case the medication had to be terminated after the first application due to an allergic skin reaction...
  6. ncbi Clinical and morphological findings on mustard gas [bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide] poisoning
    W Eisenmenger
    Institut fur Rechtsmedizin, Munich, Germany
    J Forensic Sci 36:1688-98. 1991
    ....
  7. ncbi Neither DMPS nor DMSA is effective in quantitative elimination of elemental mercury after intentional IV injection
    Florian Eyer
    Department of Toxicology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 44:395-7. 2006
    ..Intravenous injection of elemental mercury (Hg) is rare and considered relatively harmless. Treatment recommendations vary and the effectiveness of chelation therapy is controversial...
  8. ncbi Increase of renal excretion of organo-mercury compounds like methlymercury by DMPS (2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid, Dimaval)
    Gustav Drasch
    Institute of Forensic Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
    Clin Toxicol (Phila) 45:266-9. 2007
    ..1 for organic Hg. There was a trend that females responded better to DMPS than males. It was concluded that DMPS increases the renal excretion of organic bound Hg as it does for inorganic Hg, but to a lesser extent...
  9. ncbi Mercury as a serious health hazard for children in gold mining areas
    Stephan Bose-O'Reilly
    Institute of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment, UMIT University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Eduard Wallnoefer Zentrum I, A 6060 Hall i T, Austria
    Environ Res 107:89-97. 2008
    ..Child labor with hazardous substances such as mercury must be stopped...