Relationship between blood lead level and urinary ALA level in workers exposed to very low levels of lead

Industrial Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-98

  Makino, Shigenori ^a   Tsuruta, Hiroshi ^a   Takata, Tsutomu ^a  

^a JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood lead level; Heme synthesis; Low lead exposure; Urinary ALA level; Workers

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; LEAD;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0033950705     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.38.95     Document Type: Article

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