The internal burden of lead among children in a smelter town - A small area analysis

Environmental Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 118-130

  Trepka, Mary Jo ^a   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Krause, Christian ^b   Schulz, Christine ^b   Lippold, Ulrich ^c   Meyer, Eckart ^b   Wichmann, H Erich ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Wasser Boden und Lufthygiene Berlin   (Germany)

^c Institut für Wasser   (Germany)

^d Inst Med Informationsverarbeitung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; TAP WATER;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMELTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030909621     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1996.3720     Document Type: Article

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