Publication Date:
1978-08-04
Description:
Central nervous system dysfunction was investigated in workers at a secondary lead smelter by means of performance tests. Correlations between test scores and zinc protoporphyrin levels, a biological indicator of lead toxicity, are statistically significant. This correlation should prove to be useful in current efforts to evaluate effects of lead exposure.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Valciukas, J A -- Lilis, R -- Fischbein, A -- Selikoff, I J -- Eisinger, J -- Blumberg, W E -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Aug 4;201(4354):465-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/663669" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adult
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Aged
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Behavior/physiology
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Central Nervous System/*physiopathology
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Environmental Exposure
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Humans
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Lead/blood
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Lead Poisoning/blood/*physiopathology
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Middle Aged
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Neurologic Examination/methods
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Occupational Diseases/*physiopathology
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Porphyrins/*blood
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Protoporphyrins/*blood
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Zinc/blood
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
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