Mercury exposure in an urban pediatric population

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-26

  Ozuah, Philip O ^a   Lesser, Michael S ^b   Woods, James S ^c   Choi, Hyunok ^a   Markowitz, Morri ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York City Department of Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury; Toxin esposure; Urban health

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MERCURY;

ACIDIFICATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MERCURIALISM; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0037253566     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2003)003<0024:MEIAUP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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