Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate-chelated lead as a predictor for subclinical lead neurotoxicity: Follow-up study on gun-metal foundry workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 459-464

  Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^a   Araki, Shunichi ^a   Aono, Hiroshi ^b   Murata, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Chelated lead; Distribution of nerve conduction velocities; Gun metal foundry workers; Subclinical effects

Indexed keywords

EDETATE CALCIUM DISODIUM; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHELATING AGENTS; EDETIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIREARMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA C VIRUS;

EID: 0031756466     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050306     Document Type: Article

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