Extensive lead exposure in children living in an area with production of lead-glazed tiles in the Ecuadorian Andes

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 282-286

  Vahter, Marie ^a   Counter, S Allen ^b   Laurell, Göran ^c   Buchanan, Leo H ^d   Ortega, Fernando ^e   Schütz, Andrejs ^f   Skerfving, Staffan ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood; Exposure; Hb; Lead; Tile glazing

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; LEAD; MERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEME SYNTHESIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0030866354     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050220     Document Type: Article

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