Isotopic evidence of the persistent dominance of blood lead concentrations by previous gasoline lead emissions in Yerevan, Armenia

Environmental Research

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-315

  Kurkjian, Robert ^a   Russell Flegal, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Armenia; Blood lead; Lead emissions; Lead exposure; Lead isotopes

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; ISOTOPE; LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE SOIL;

EID: 0242607006     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00066-5     Document Type: Article

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