Blood lead concentrations of preschool children in Central and Southern Sydney

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 399-402

  Mira, Michael ^a,b,c,g   Bawden Smith, Jason ^a,d   Causer, Jane ^a,c   Alperstein, Garth ^a,e   Karr, Margaret ^a,d   Snitch, Peter ^a,f   Waller, Graeme ^a   Fett, Michael J ^a,d  

^a CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Pub Hlth U Ctrl and S Sydney   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Waller and Associates   (Australia)

^g Division of General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0030006015     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb122086.x     Document Type: Article

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