Blood lead levels in Japanese children: Effects of passive smoking

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-81

  Kaji, Masayuki ^a,b   Gotoh, Mikio ^a   Takagi, Yasuko ^a   Masuda, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Lead; Passive smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCRETION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0030665985     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931969     Document Type: Article

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