Mobilized plasma lead as an index of lead body burden and its relation to the heme-related indices

Industrial Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 240-246

  Sakai, Tadashi ^a   Ushio, Koichi ^a   Ikeya, Yumiko ^a  

^a Tokyo Labor Accident Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delta aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Lead; Mobilization; Plasma; Urine; Zinc protoporphyrin

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; COPROPORPHYRIN; EDETATE CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; HEME; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMELTER; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031904288     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.36.240     Document Type: Article

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