Lead concentrations in tibial and calcaneal bone in relation to the history of occupational lead exposure

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-45

  Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^a,c   Strömberg, Ulf ^a   Gerhardsson, Lars ^a   Schütz, Andrejs ^a   Chettle, David R ^b   Skerfving, Staffan ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood; Calcaneus; Occupational exposure; Plasma; Plasma lead; Tibia

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BONE LEVEL; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0031959921     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.276     Document Type: Article

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