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Diagnostic Criteria of Increased Lead Absorption in Occupational Medicine

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Diagnosis and Therapy of Porphyrias and Lead Intoxication

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The measurement of lead in air is generally agreed to possess only a limited value for detecting risk to the individual worker. The examination of biologic material — especially blood and urine — of the exposed persons has yielded more results. Particularly in the case of lead, numerous improvements in the possibilities of “biologic monitoring” have been successful in the past few years.

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  1. Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine and Polyclinic for Occupational Diseases of Erlangen-Nürnberg-University, Germany

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    Manfred Doss

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Schiele, R., Schaller, K.H. (1978). Diagnostic Criteria of Increased Lead Absorption in Occupational Medicine. In: Doss, M. (eds) Diagnosis and Therapy of Porphyrias and Lead Intoxication. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67002-2_33

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