Lead levels in Maryland construction workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 188-194

  Sokas, Rosemary K ^a   Simmens, Samuel ^a   Sophar, Kay ^a   Welch, Laura S ^a   Liziewski, Thomas ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; construction workers; demolition; lead; occupation; welding

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEAD; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0031054495     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199702)31:2<188::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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