The Yugoslavia Prospective Study of environmental lead exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-15

  Factor Litvak, Pam ^a   Wasserman, Gail ^b   Kline, Jennie K ^a,b,c   Graziano, Joseph ^a,d  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Childhood; Development; Height; Lead

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEIGHT; HEMATOLOGY; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL INDUSTRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEINURIA; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0032968802     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.991079     Document Type: Article

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