Relationship between blood lead level and work related factors using the NIIH questionnaire system

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 619-628

  Saito, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Mori, Ippei ^a,b   Ogawa, Yasutaka ^a,b   Hirata, Mamoru ^a,b  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Blood lead level; Employment duration; Factory size; Lead handling jobs; PbB; Questionnaire; Work environment control class

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33751075470     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.619     Document Type: Article

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