Association between blood lead and sociodemographic parameters among children;Asociación plomo en sangre y parámetros sociodemográficos en población infantil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-509

  Rojas, Maritza ^a   Espinosa, C ^a   Seijas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Geography information systems; Lead poisoning; Lead, blood

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0141626830     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000400016     Document Type: Article

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