High concentrations of heavy metals in neighborhoods near ore smelters in northern Mexico

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-284

  Benin, Andrea L ^a   Sargent, James D ^a,c   Dalton, Madeline ^a   Roda, Sandy ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Industrial pollution; Lead; Metal smelter; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEXICO; MINERAL DUST; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032946569     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107279     Document Type: Article

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