High blood lead level among garage workers in Bangkok, public concern is necessary

BioMetals

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-370

  Suwansaksri, Jamsai ^a,b,c   Teerasart, Nutchanida ^a,b,c   Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a,b,c   Chaiyaset, Tianchai ^a,b,c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Dye sprayers; Lead; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

DYE; LEAD;

ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTOXICATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; THAILAND; WORKER; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THAILAND;

EID: 0036887964     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020233202035     Document Type: Article

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