Elevated blood lead levels in children of construction workers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1352-1355

  Whelan, Elizabeth A ^a   Piacitelli, Greg M ^a   Gerwel, Barbara ^c   Schnorr, Teresa M ^a   Mueller, Charles A ^a   Gittleman, Janie ^a   Matte, Thomas D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Occup Disease and Injury Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

EID: 0030835487     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.8.1352     Document Type: Article

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