Biomonitoring of Heavy Metals among Nielloware Workers in Nakhon Sri Thammarat Province

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1521-1532

  Decharat, Somsiri ^a   Kongtip, Pornpimol ^a   Phakthongsuk, Pitchaya ^b   Worakhunpiset, Suwalee ^a   Thetkathuek, Anamai ^c   Tharnpoophasiam, Prapin ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Heavy metals; Nielloware workers

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISTAL PARESTHESIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MERUCRY URINE LEVEL; NIELLOWARE WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RASH; THAILAND; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINE LEVEL; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK POSITION; WORKING TIME;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LEAD; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; THAILAND;

EID: 84857073311     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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