Effect of lead on fetal growth in a canadian smelter city, 1961–1990

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 472-475

  Philion, John J ^a   Schmitt, Nicholas ^b   Rowe, Jack ^c   Gelpke, Paul M ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d Capital Health Region ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER;

EID: 0031462945     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602226     Document Type: Article

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