Three-year follow-up of serial nerve conduction among lead-exposed workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 374-380

  Chia, Sin Eng ^a   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Chia, Hwee Pin ^a   Ong, Choon Nam ^a   Jeyaratnam, Jerry ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Follow up study; Nerve conduction; Serial results

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0029824082     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.157     Document Type: Article

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