Urinary excretion of lead and δ-aminolevulinic acid in workers occupationally exposed to tetraethyl lead

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-194

  Duydu, Y ^a   Vural, N ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry; Lead; Occupational exposure; Organic lead; Urinary excretion

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SKIN PENETRATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031724044     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02778936     Document Type: Article

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