Environmental exposures to lead and urban children's blood lead levels

Environmental Research

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-130

  Lanphear, Bruce P ^a,d   Burgoon, David A ^a   Rust, Steven W ^a   Eberly, Shirley ^b   Galke, Warren ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Natl Center for Lead Safe Housing   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Children; Environmental exposure; Housing; Lead based paint; Lead contaminated house dust; Lead contaminated soil; Race; Water

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PAINT; WATER;

CHILD HEALTH; LEAD CONTAMINANTS; LEAD INTAKE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032007084     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3801     Document Type: Article

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