A Child Is Admitted to the Emergency Department with Symptoms

question 19

Multiple Choice

A child is admitted to the emergency department with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. His mother found an open children's dietary supplement bottle. A poisoning with which trace mineral would most likely have caused the child's symptoms?

• A) iodine
• B) zinc
• C) selenium
• D) copper
• E) iron

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