Exposure of the US population to lead, 1991-1994

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 745-750

  Pirkle, James L ^a,c   Kaufmann, Rachel B ^a   Brody, Debra J ^b   Hickman, Tamy ^b   Gunter, Elaine W ^a   Paschal, Daniel C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Food contamination; Gasoline lead; Lead; Lead poisoning; Leaded paint; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AGED; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032217283     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106745     Document Type: Article

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