Clinical evaluation of 58 organolead manufacturing workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 372-378

  Mitchell, Clifford S ^a,b   Shear, Michael S ^b   Bolla, Karen I ^c   Schwartz, Brian S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TETRAETHYL LEAD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029911675     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199604000-00015     Document Type: Article

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