Evaluation of lead exposure in battery-manufacturing workers with focus on different biomarkers

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-328

  Kašuba, Vilena ^a   Rozgaj, Ružica ^a   Milić, Mirta ^a   Želježić, Davor ^a   Kopjar, Nevenka ^a   Pizent, Alica ^a   Kljaković Gašpić, Zorana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Battery workers; Blood lead and cadmium level; Delta aminolevulinic acid dehydratase; Erythrocyte protoporphyrin; Micronuclei; Serum folate; Serum vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LEAD; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NUCLEAR DIVISION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADMIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; METALLURGY; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORPHOBILINOGEN SYNTHASE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; VITAMIN B 12; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952747231     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1497     Document Type: Article

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