The association between blood lead level and clinical mental disorders in fifty thousand lead-exposed male workers

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 190, Issue , 2016, Pages 41-46

  Yoon, Jin Ha ^a   Ahn, Yeon Soon ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Blood lead; Cohort study; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-10; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SURVIVAL; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; LEAD POISONING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84945207001     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.09.030     Document Type: Article

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