Lead storage in bone and its effects on health;Acumulacion de plomo en hueso y sus efectos en la salud

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 359-368

  Sanin, Luz Helena ^a,b   González Cossío, Teresa ^a   Romieu, Isabelle ^c   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^c Ctro Panam Ecologia Humana y Salud   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Lead biological markers; Maternal exposure; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LEAD;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LACTATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STORAGE; TARGET ORGAN; TOXICITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; BONE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0032109944     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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