Seasonal influences on childhood lead exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-182

  Yiin, Lih Ming ^a,b   Rhoads, George G ^a   Lioy, Paul J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead level; Childhood lead exposure assessment and reduction study (CLEARS); Children; Dust lead level; Lead concentration; Lead exposure; Lead loading; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034018584     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108177     Document Type: Article

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