Plasma-lead concentration: Investigations into its usefulness for biological monitoring of occupational lead exposure

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-101

  Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^a,b,d   Gerhardsson, Lars ^b,c   Liljelind, Ingrid E ^a   Nilsson, Leif ^a   Skerfving, Staffan ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Blood; Exposure; Hemoglobin; Hemolysis; Lead; Occupational; Plasma

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PLASMA; SMELTER;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA;

EID: 32344450148     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20253     Document Type: Article

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