Blood lead monitoring in a decorative ceramic tiles factory in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 176-179

  Choy, Kenneth David Kwok Yin ^a   Lee, H S ^a   Tan, C H ^a  

^a Ministry of Manpower Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blood lead monitoring; Ceramic tiles; Ingestion; Serial blood lead levels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INGESTION; INTERVIEW; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SINGAPORE;

CERAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAINT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE;

EID: 2442532904     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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