A study of the relationship between ambient lead and blood lead among lead battery workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 295-300

  Lai, Jim Shoung ^a   Wu, Trong Neng ^b   Liou, Saou Hsing ^c   Shen, Chen Yang ^d   Guu, Chiam Fang ^a   Ko, Kquei Nu ^b   Chi, Hsueh Yun ^b   Chang, Po Ya ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Ministry of Health and Welfare   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambient lead level; Blood lead level; Lead battery factory

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030890114     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050150     Document Type: Article

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