δ-Aminolevulinic acid in plasma or whole blood as a sensitive indicator of lead effects, and its relation to the other heme-related parameters

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 126-132

  Sakai, Tadashi ^a   Morita, Yoko ^a,b  

^a Center of Occupational Medicine   (Japan)

^b NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

aminolevulinic acid; aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Biological monitoring; Lead; Plasma

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DITHIOTHREITOL; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0030031978     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050038     Document Type: Article

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