The Lead Exposure among Lead Workers: An Epidemiological Study from West Turkey

Tozun M., Unsal A., Sirmagul B.

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol.38, no.2, pp.65-78, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 38 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.65-78
  • Keywords: Lead, Occupational exposure, Blood lead level, BATTERY-FACTORY-WORKERS, BLOOD LEAD, RISK-FACTORS, PRESSURE, POPULATION, PREVALENCE, SYMPTOMS, TAIWAN, ANEMIA, SYSTEM
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: This study has been conducted on workers from several workplaces where materials containing lead are used during December 2006-April 2007 in Eskisehir, a city of the Middle Anatolian Region of Turkey.