Blood lead levels of urban and rural malaysian primary school children

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-70

  Hashim, Jamal Hisham ^a   Hashim, Zailina ^b   Omar, Ariffin ^a   Shamsudin, Shamsul Bahari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Malaysia; Respirable lead; Rural; School children; Urban

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALAYSIA; MALE; POPULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034585173     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950001200203     Document Type: Article

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