Can salivary lead be used for biological monitoring of lead exposed individuals?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 696-698

  Koh, D ^a,b   Ng, V ^a   Chua, L H ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Ong, H Y ^a   Chia, S E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKER;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; SALIVA;

EID: 0041829143     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.9.696     Document Type: Article

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