Chronic occupational lead exposure and thyroid function

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-49

  Dursun, Nurcan ^a   Tutus, Ahmet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lead exposure; Occupational exposure; Thyroid function

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032942927     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-670X(1999)12:1<45::AID-JTRA5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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