Lead toxicity in a family as a result of occupational exposure

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-133

  Raviraja, Aryapu ^a   Vishal Babu, Gaja Narayanamurthy ^a   Bijoor, Anita Raghuveer ^a   Menezes, Geraldine ^a   Venkatesh, Thuppil ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Chelation therapy; Lead acid battery; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; DRINKING WATER; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; LEAD OXIDE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 47349101256     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-59-2008-1861     Document Type: Article

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