Assessment of lead exposure of children from K-XRF measurements of shed teeth

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 703-705

  Bloch, P ^a   Shapiro, I M ^a   Soule, L ^a   Close, A ^a   Revich, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEAD; PEDIATRICS; TOOTH ENAMEL;

X RAY FLUORESCENCE (XRF) TECHNIQUE;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

LEAD;

AIR POLLUTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TOOTH; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEAD; PHILADELPHIA; RURAL POPULATION; RUSSIA; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032080032     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00207-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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