Lead exposure in day care centres in the Caracas Valley - Venezuela

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-9

  Fernández, Raiza ^a,c   Morales, Franklin ^a   Benzo, Zully ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Children health; Lead contamination; Sources of lead contamination

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GASOLINE; LEAD;

DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; DAY CARE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MINERALOGY; POLLUTION; SOIL; TRAFFIC; VENEZUELA; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD WELFARE; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEAD; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VENEZUELA; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0345269081     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0960312021000063269     Document Type: Article

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