Curvilinear relationship between blood lead level and reaction time: Differential association with blood lead fractions derived from exogenous and endogenous sources

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 426-431

  Bleecker, Margit L ^a   Lindgren, Karen N ^a   Tiburzi, Michael J ^a   Ford, D Patrick ^a  

^a Center for Occupational and Environmental Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WELDING;

EID: 0030963892     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199705000-00008     Document Type: Article

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