Elevated Blood Lead Levels Among Employed Adults - United States, 1994-2013

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 63, Issue 55, 2016, Pages 59-65

  Alarcon, Walter A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85019226139     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/MMWR.MM6355A5     Document Type: Article

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