Chronic lead poisoning in an adult battery worker

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 476-478

  Menezes, G ^a   D'souza, H S ^a   Venkatesh, T ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Battery worker; Blood lead; Chelator; Chronic lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHELATING AGENT; LEAD; PENICILLAMINE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; DUODENITIS; ENDOSCOPY; FATTY LIVER; GASTRITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LETHAL DOSE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS;

ADULT; CHELATING AGENTS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROTOPORPHYRINS;

EID: 0242551635     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg091     Document Type: Article

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