A longitudinal study of the effects of long-term exposure to lead among lead battery factory workers in Taiwan (1989-1999)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 279, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 151-158

  Hsiao, Chun Yin ^a   Wu, Hong Dar Isaac ^a   Lai, Jim Shoung ^a   Kuo, Hsien Wen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Battery factory workers; Health effects; Lead; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH INDICATORS;

LEAD;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; WORKER;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0035851285     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00762-8     Document Type: Article

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