Using structural equation model to explore occupational lead exposure pathways

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 284, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 95-108

  Hwang, Yaw Huei ^a   Chang, Ching Wen ^b   Chao, Kun Yu ^c,d   Hsiao, Fu Tsan ^a   Chang, Hui Ling ^a   Han, Hsin Zuo ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood; Latent variable; Lead battery; Lip; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; HEALTH HAZARDS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LEAD; LOADING; MODEL STRUCTURES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SMOKE;

ASSEMBLY WORKERS;

TOXICITY;

LEAD;

BLOOD; LEAD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LIP; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SMOKING; TECHNIQUE; VARIANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CLOTHING; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LEAD; LIP; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0037016851     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00870-1     Document Type: Article

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