Blood lead in children and its determinants in Nagpur, India

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 119-126

  Patel, Archana B ^a,f   Williams, Sankey V ^b   Frumkin, Howard ^c   Kondawar, V K ^d   Glick, Henry ^b   Ganju, Avtar K ^e  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e NKP SALVE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Blood lead levels; Caste; Childhood lead poisoning; Cosmetics; India; Lead; Paint; Social class

Indexed keywords

LEAD; PAINT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC;

EID: 0035026328     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2001.7.2.119     Document Type: Article

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