Predictors of plasma lead among lithographic print shop workers in Mexico City

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-252

  Juárez Pérez, Cuauhtémoc Arturo ^a,b   Aguilar Madrid, Guadalupe ^a,b   Smith, Donald R ^c   Lacasaña Navarro, Marina ^a   Téllez Rojo, Martha María ^a   Piacitteli, Gregory ^d   Hu, Howard ^e   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air lead; Bone lead; Mexico; Occupational exposure; Plasma lead

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CADMIUM 109;

ADULT; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREDICTION; PRINTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; TIBIA;

EID: 4444242326     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20035     Document Type: Article

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