The El Paso smelter 20 years later: Residual impact on Mexican children

Environmental Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-16

  Díaz Barriga, Fernando ^a,c   Batres, Lilia ^a   Calderón, Jaqueline ^a   Lugo, Andrés ^b   Galvao, Luiz ^d   Lara, Irma ^d   Rizo, Pedro ^d   Arroyave, María Elena ^d   McConnell, Rob ^d  

^a Chemical Faculty   (Mexico)

^b West Texas Regional Poison Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD;

CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE; CROSS BORDER POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGE; MEXICAN PEOPLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

EL PASO; TEXAS; USA;

EID: 0030776326     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3741     Document Type: Article

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