Lead exposure in ironworkers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 540-543

  Forst, Linda ^a,b   Persky, Victoria ^b   Freels, Sally ^b   Williams, Robert ^c   Conroy, Lorraine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge renovation; Construction; Ironworkers; Lead; Lead toxicity; Rivet busting; Smoking

Indexed keywords

IRON; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; HUMANS; IRON; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PAINT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030883665     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199711)32:5<540::AID-AJIM16>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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