Environmental arsenic exposure of children around a former copper smelter site

Environmental Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-81

  Hwang, Yaw Huei ^a   Bornschein, Robert L ^b   Grote, Joann ^b   Menrath, William ^b   Roda, Sandy ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031020602     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1996.3691     Document Type: Article

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