Despite a comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Administration lead standard, exposure to lead continues in many industries. This paper describes a blood lead screening and education program for automobile radiator repair workers and their families in New York City. Results showed that 67% of
Indirect lead exposure among children of radiator repair workers
✍ Scribed by C. Aguilar-Garduño; M. Lacasaña; M.M. Tellez-Rojo; G. Aguilar-Madrid; L.H. Sanin-Aguirre; I. Romieu; M. Hernandez-Avila
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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