Thyroxine and Free Thyroxine Levels in Workers Occupationally Exposed to Inorganic Lead

Environmental Health Insights

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bledsoe, Michael L ^a   Pinkerton, Lynne E ^b   Silver, Sharon ^b   Deddens, James A ^b   Biagini, Raymond E ^b  

^a USAF   (United States)

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

Author keywords

free thyroxine; lead; occupational exposure; thyroxine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907605882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/EHI.S7193     Document Type: Article

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