Follow up of workers previously exposed to silver solder containing cadmium

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 553-558

  Mason, H J ^a   Williams, N ^b   Armitage, S ^a   Morgan, M ^b   Green, S ^c   Perrin, B ^c   Morgan, W D ^c  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Kidney; Liver; Retinol binding protein; Urine

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CREATININE; SILVER; URATE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EXHAUST GAS; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LIVER LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0032774254     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.8.553     Document Type: Article

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