Association of blood lead and homocysteine levels among lead exposed subjects in Vietnam ana Singapore

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 688-693

  Chia, Sin Eng ^a,b   Mohamed Ali, Safiyya ^b   Lee, Bee Lan ^b   Lim, Gek Hsiang ^b   Jin, Su ^b   Dong, Nguyen Viet ^c   Tu, Nguyen Thi Hong ^d   Ong, Choon Nam ^e   Chia, Kee Seng ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Ministry of Industry Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; LEAD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; VIETNAM;

EID: 34748884345     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.030882     Document Type: Article

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