Trends in blood lead levels in UK workers, 1995-2007

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 590-595

  Morton, Jackie ^a   Cotton, Richard ^a   Cocker, John ^a   Warren, Nicholas D ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956939910     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047258     Document Type: Article

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