The decay of blood lead levels in workers suspended under the control of lead at work regulations

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 371-374

  Mason, Howard ^a   Williams, N ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; CLAW; Lead workers; Suspension levels

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23844512281     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi050     Document Type: Article

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