Lead in finger bone, whole blood, plasma and urine in lead-smelter workers: Extended exposure range

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-43

  Schütz, Andrejs ^a   Olsson, Martin ^a   Jensen, Anker ^b   Gerhardsson, Lars ^a   Börjesson, Jimmy ^a,b   Mattsson, Sören ^a   Skerfving, Staffan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Malmö University Hospital ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood; Bone; ICP MS; Lead; Plasma; Smelter worker; Urine; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECUADOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINGER; GERMANY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENSIONER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMELTER; SWEDEN; URINALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; ECUADOR; FINGERS; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RUSSIA; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SWEDEN;

EID: 15044361357     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0559-5     Document Type: Article

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