Environmental factors associated with blood lead levels in Venezuelan children

Veterinary and Human Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 174-177

  Rojas, M ^a   Squillante, G ^a   Medina, E ^a   De Rojas, O ^b   Sarmiento, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b Center for Infants Development   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; VENEZUELA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING, NERVOUS SYSTEM, CHILDHOOD; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PAINT; PICA; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENEZUELA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0034126817     PISSN: 01456296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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