A nationwide survey of heavy metal absorption in children living near primary copper, lead, and zinc smelters

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 261-273

  Baker, Edward L ^a   Hayes, Carl G ^b   Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Handke, Jan L ^a   Leger, Ronald T ^c   Housworth, W Jere ^a   Harrington, J Malcolm ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Arsenic; Cadmium; Environmental health; Lead; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; PORPHYRIN; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HAIR; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLISM; METAL SMELTER; POLLUTION; SMELTER; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; URINE; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; METALLURGY; PROTOPORPHYRINS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

EID: 0017761917     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112462     Document Type: Article

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