Percutaneous absorption of inorganic lead compounds

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 641-646

  Sun, Chee Ching ^a   Wong, Ten Tsao ^a   Hwang, Yaw Huei ^a,b   Chao, Kun Yu ^b   Jee, Shiou Hwa ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inorganic lead; Lead battery workers; Rat; Skin absorption

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LEAD OXIDE; LEAD SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; RAT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURFACE; URINE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 0036751709     PISSN: 15428117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428110208984751     Document Type: Article

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