Blood lead levels of primary-school children in Penghu County, Taiwan: Distribution and influencing factors

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 528-534

  Yang, Tsan ^a,c   Wu, Trong Neng ^b   Hsu, Shang Wei ^a   Lai, Ching Huang ^a   Ko, Kquei Nu ^c   Liou, Saou Hsing ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Executive Yuan ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood lead leves; Geographic factors; Primary school children

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MILK; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEAD; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036821016     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-002-0360-2     Document Type: Article

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