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Document ID (ISN)104819
CIS number 06-401
ISBN(s) 4-89760-095-2
Year 1993
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Horiguchi S.
Title Lead - Environmental lead and its effects on the human body
Original title Namari: Kankyō-chū no namari to seitai eikyō [in Japanese]
Bibliographic information Rōdō-kagaku Kenkyū Kyūjo-Shuppambu, Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi, Miyamae-ku Sugo 2-8-14, Japan 216, 1993. vi, 364p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Price: JPY 4800.
Abstract An introduction to the toxicological effects of lead from an occupational and environmental point of view. Themes covered: historical overview of lead and lead poisoning; physical and chemical properties; lead in the air, water and the soil; lead in food; lead in biological samples; absorption, excretion and distribution of lead in humans and animals; toxic effects of lead on various body organs; diagnosis, treatment and prevention of lead poisoning; alkyl derivatives of lead.
Descriptors (primary) lead and compounds; toxicology; lead
Descriptors (secondary) metabolic process; manuals; lead poisoning; organolead compounds
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceJapan
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Lead and compounds
Inorganic substances