Inverse relationship between serum erythropoietin and blood lead concentrations in Kathmandu tricycle taxi drivers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 342-345

  Sakata, Susumu ^a   Shimizu, Satoshi ^b   Ogoshi, Kumiko ^a   Hirai, Kazuko ^c   Ohno, Yoshimi ^d   Kishi, Takashi ^a   Sherchand, Jeevan B ^e   Utsumi, Masako ^a   Shibata, Munetaka ^a   Takaki, Miyako ^a   Ueda, Masatsugu ^f   Mori, Ippei ^g  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TENRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SENRI KINRAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^f YS New Technology Institute Inc   (Japan)

^g NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Lead; Occupational exposure; Taxi driver

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; NEPAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BICYCLING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33846504966     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0125-4     Document Type: Article

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