Blood lead levels in children and environmental legacy of a lead foundry in Brazil;Chumbo no sangue de crianças e passivo ambiental de uma fundição de chumbo no Brasil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-23

  Martins Carvalho, Fernando ^a,b   Silvany Neto, Annibal Muniz ^a   Mascarenhas Tavares, Tania ^a   Andrade Costa, Angela Cristina ^a   D'El Rei Chaves, Carolina ^a   Dias Nascimento, Luciano ^a   De Andrade Reis, Márcia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Depto de Quimica Analitica ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMELTING;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEAD; PICA; RISK FACTORS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0344839043     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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