Limited seasonality effects on blood lead for a small cohort of female adults and children

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 253, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 119-126

  Gulson, Brian L ^a,b   Mizon, Karen J ^a,b   Korsch, Michael J ^b   Mahaffey, Kathryn R ^c   Pederson, David ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Fac of Info Sci and Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood; Children; Female adults; Isotopes; Lead; Seasons

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLIMATE; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTHERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEASONS;

EID: 0034658275     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00424-1     Document Type: Article

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