Blood lead level to induce significant increase in urinary δ- aminolevulinic acid level among lead-exposed workers: A statistical approach

Industrial Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-188

  Higashikawa, Kae ^a   Furuki, Katsuya ^a   Takada, Shiro ^a   Okamoto, Satoru ^a   Ukai, Hiroshi ^a   Yuasa, Takashi ^a   Ikeda, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Blood lead; Non linear regression; Threshold Pb level; Urinary aminolevulinic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0034020775     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.38.181     Document Type: Article

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