Trend of blood lead levels in children in an industrial complex and its suburban area in Ulsan, Korea

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 507-510

  Lee, Choong Ryeol ^a   Lee, Ji Ho ^a   Yoo, Cheol In ^a   Kim, Sung Ryul ^a  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Children; Korea

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; LEAD;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; KOREA; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; KOREA; LEAD; MALE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036765596     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0333-5     Document Type: Article

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