Dental lead levels in residents from industrial and suburban areas of Kuwait

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 226, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 133-137

  Bu Olayan, A H ^a   Thomas, B V ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Lead; Teeth

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISOR; INDUSTRIAL AREA; KUWAIT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; INDUSTRY; KUWAIT; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032911665     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00377-5     Document Type: Article

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