Thyroid function in lead smelter workers: Absence of subacute or cumulative effects with moderate lead burdens

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 453-458

  Schumacher, Cynthia ^a,b   Brodkin, C Andrew ^a,f   Alexander, Bruce ^a   Cullen, Mark ^c   Rainey, Petrie M ^c,d   Van Netten, Chris ^e   Faustman, Elaine ^a   Checkoway, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lead; Lead poisoning; Pituitary gland; Thyroid diseases; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

LEAD; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SMELTER; THYROID FUNCTION; TIME;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031785539     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050305     Document Type: Article

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