Monitoring of umbilical cord blood lead levels and sources assessment among the Inuit

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 693-695

  Levesque B ^a   Duchesne, J F ^a   Gariepy C ^b   Rhainds, M ^a   Dumas, P ^a   Scheuhammer, A M ^c   Proulx, J F ^d   Dery S ^e   Muckle, G ^a   Dallaire, F ^a   Dewailly, E ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Nunavik Bd of Hlth/Social Services   (Canada)

^e Nunavik Bd of Hlth/Social Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FIREARMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INUITS; LEAD; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUEBEC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041829115     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.9.693     Document Type: Article

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