Relationship of blood lead levels to blood pressure in exhaust battery storage workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-309

  Fenga, Concettina ^a   Cacciola, Anna ^a   Martino, Lucia Barbaro ^a   Calderaro, Santina Ricciardo ^a   Di Nola, Carmelina ^a   Verzera, Aurelio ^b   Trimarchi, Giuseppe ^a   Germanò, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Medical Adviser AUSL   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALAD; Blood lead level; Blood pressure; Low lead exposure; ZPP

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33646672395     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.304     Document Type: Article

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