Possible oral lead intake via contaminated facial skin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 125-131

  Karita, Kanae ^a   Shinozaki, Toshiaki ^a   Tomita, Kunio ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood; Lead; Oral intake; Skin wipe

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSORPTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; DUST; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; JAPAN; LEAD; METALLURGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN ABSORPTION; SMOKING;

EID: 0030944173     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05488-0     Document Type: Article

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