Use of hair as an indicator of environmental lead pollution in women of child-bearing age in Karachi, Pakistan and Bangladesh

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 350-356

  Jamall, Ijaz S ^a   Allen, Paul V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL TOXIC SUBSTANCE; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; LEAD; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; ZINC;

EID: 0025300350     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01701214     Document Type: Article

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