The effect of the OSHA lead exposure in construction standard on blood lead levels among iron workers employed in bridge rehabilitation

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-309

  Levin, Stephen M ^a   Goldberg, Mark ^b   Doucette, John T ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

biological monitoring; construction industry; lead exposure; regulatory controls

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STANDARD;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031037148     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199703)31:3<303::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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