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Metal detectors to detect aluminium

1994; BMJ; Volume: 309; Issue: 6947 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/bmj.309.6947.131

0959-8138

John Ryan, B. Tidey,

Foreign Body Medical Cases

EDITOR,—D M Bradburn and colleagues highlight the poor radiodensity of aluminium.1 We now use a hand held portable metal detector (Adams Electronics, Edenbridge, Kent) to detect the presence of metal fragments in patients presenting to our accident and emergency department with …