Lead exposure in children living in a smelter community in Region Lagunera, Mexico

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 417-429

  Garcia Vargas G G ^a   Rubio Andrade, M ^a,b   Del Razo, L M ^c   Borja Aburto, V ^c,d   Vera Aguilar, E ^c   Cebrian M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEAD; METALLURGY; MEXICO; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0035937596     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984100150501150     Document Type: Article

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