Lead in primary teeth from Norway: Changes in lead levels from the 1970s to the 1990s

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 207, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 165-177

  Tvinnereim, Helene Meyer ^a   Eide, Rune ^a   Riise, Trond ^a   Wesenberg, Gro Ramsten ^a   Fosse, Gille ^a   Steinnes, Eiliv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environment; Indicator; Lead; Pollution; Primary teeth; Reduction

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORWAY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEAD; NORWAY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0345131722     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00263-5     Document Type: Article

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