Lead exposure in a developmentally disabled workforce

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-196

  Lax, Michael B ^a,b   Siwinski, Greg ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmentally disabled; Furniture refinishing; Lead exposure; Occupational health; Vocational placement

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FURNITURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

DISABLED PERSONS; DUST; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LEAD; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHELTERED WORKSHOPS;

EID: 0031803181     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199808)34:2<191::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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