Characteristics of US workers whose blood lead levels trigger the medical removal protection provision, and conformity with biological monitoring requirements, 2003-2005

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 691-700

  Tak, SangWoo ^a   Roscoe, Robert J ^a   Alarcon, Walter ^a   Ju, Jun ^b   Sestito, John P ^a   Sussell, Aaron L ^a   Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a  

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

^b Research Triangle Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult blood lead epidemiology and surveillance; Biological monitoring; Blood lead level; Medical removal protection; Medical surveillance

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49649121097     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20603     Document Type: Article

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