The effect of low-level blood lead on hematologic parameters in children

Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 150-159

  Jacob, Beate ^a   Ritz, Beate ^b   Heinrich, Joachim ^a   Hoelscher, Bernd ^a   Wichmann, H Erich ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

(EAST); GERMANY;

EID: 0034091725     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.4011     Document Type: Article

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