Lead Levels in Ambient Air and Blood of Pregnant Mothers from the General Population of Lucknow (U.P.), India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1239-1243

  Kaul, P P ^a   Shyam, S ^a   Srivastava, R ^b   Misra, D ^a   Salve, P R ^a   Srivastava, S P ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA AVADH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MOTHER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0345283304     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-8825-x     Document Type: Article

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