Neurobehavioural testing in workers occupationally exposed to lead: Systematic review and meta-analysis of publications

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 217-223

  Goodman, M ^a   LaVerda, N ^a   Clarke, C ^b   Foster, E D ^a   Iannuzzi, J ^a   Mandel, J ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, ADULT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0036227680     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.4.217     Document Type: Review

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