Current issues in the epidemiology and toxicology of occupational exposure to lead

PJ Landrigan - Toxicology and Industrial Health, 1991 - journals.sagepub.com
PJ Landrigan
Toxicology and Industrial Health, 1991journals.sagepub.com
Lead is an ancient metal. Its toxicity to industrial workers has been recognized for millenia
(Major, 1939). Ramazzini, the father of modem occupational medicine, described industrial
lead poisoning in potters and portrait painters in his classic study, de Morbis Artificum
Diatriba in 1713
Lead is an ancient metal. Its toxicity to industrial workers has been recognized for millenia (Major, 1939). Ramazzini, the father of modem occupational medicine, described industrial lead poisoning in potters and portrait painters in his classic study, de Morbis Artificum Diatriba in 1713
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