Exposure of preschoolers to lead in the Makati area of Metro Manila, the Philippines

Environmental Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 322-332

  Sharma, Kamala ^a   Reutergardh, Lars Baetz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Environment; Lead; Philippines; Vehicle preschoolers

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0033626879     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2000.4064     Document Type: Article

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