A community-initiated study of blood lead levels of Nicaraguan children living near a battery factory

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1843-1845

  Bonilla, Carlos Morales ^a   Mauss, Evelyn A ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Nicaragua)

^b Natural Resources Defense Council   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICARAGUA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS BLOOD; WORKSHOP;

EID: 0032440795     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.88.12.1843     Document Type: Article

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