Lead exposure among small-scale battery recyclers, automobile radiator mechanics, and their children in Manila, the Philippines

Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Suplido, Maria Lurenda ^a   Ong, Choon Nam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECYCLING;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MANILA; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0343069799     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.4024     Document Type: Article

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