Lead toxicity

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 76-81

  Gidlow, D A ^a  

^a Cheshire Manufacturing Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inorganic lead; Legislation; Organic lead; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PAINT;

HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLLUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANK; TOXICOKINETICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 1642483598     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh019     Document Type: Review

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