Relationship between blood lead levels and renal function in lead battery workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 569-575

  Wang, Ven Shing ^a   Lee, Ming Tsung ^a   Chiou, Jyh Yann ^b   Guu, Chiam Fang ^a   Wu, Chin Ching ^a   Wu, Trong Neng ^c   Lai, Jim Shoung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Lead battery workers; Renal function

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LEAD; NITROGEN; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL VALUE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WORKER; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036821247     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0362-0     Document Type: Article

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