Seasonal variation in paediatric blood lead levels in Syracuse, NY, USA

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-88

  Johnson, David L ^a   McDade, Kimberly ^a   Griffith, Daniel ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biokinetic uptake; Blood lead; Demographic correlates; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002511503     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01771136     Document Type: Article

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