Cumulative concentrations of blood lead and postural stability

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 264-268

  Chia, S E ^a,b   Chia, H P ^a   Ong, C N ^a   Jeyaratnam, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cumulative blood lead index; Postural stability

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029968505     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.4.264     Document Type: Article

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