Tracking Blood Lead and Zinc Protoporphyrin Levels in Andean Adults Working in a Lead Contaminated Environment

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 76, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1111-1120

  Ortega, Fernando ^a   Counter, S Allen ^b,c   Buchanan, Leo H ^d,e   Parra, Angelica Maria Coronel ^f   Collaguaso, Maria Angela ^f   Jacobs, Anthony B ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f La Victoria ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; LEAD; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SOUTH AMERICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889646308     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2013.840708     Document Type: Article

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