Childhood lead poisoning in Russia: A site-specific pediatric blood lead evaluation

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 241-248

  Rubin, Carol H ^a   Esteban, Emilio ^a   Jones, Robert ^a   Noonan, Gary ^a   Gurvich, Elena ^b   Utz, Sergei ^c   Spirin, Vladamir ^c   Revich, Boris ^d   Kruchkov, Georgy I ^e   Jackson, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c Inst of Rural Hyg/Occup Diseases   (Russian Federation)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^e SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lead poisoning; Pediatric blood lead levels; Russian children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000331826     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1997.3.4.241     Document Type: Review

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