Epidemiological study of blood lead levels of children and adolescents living in Campania, Italy

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 220-223

  Perrone, Laura ^a,b   Ponticiello, E ^a   Miraglia Del Giudice, M ^a   Marotta, A ^a   Di Toro, R ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Pediatria II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Blood lead levels; Campania (Italy); Children

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033368758     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0946-672X(99)80039-X     Document Type: Article

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