Lead in the ambient air and blood of children in Helsinki

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Pönkä, Antti ^a  

^a Chief of Environmental Health   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Emissions; Urban environmental lead levels

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0032511344     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00209-5     Document Type: Article

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