Changes in blood lead and water lead in Edinburgh. An eight year follow-up to the Edinburgh lead study

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-167

  Macintyre, Cecilia ^a   Fulton, Mary ^a   Hepburn, Wilma ^a   Yang, Shuying ^b   Raab, Gillian ^b   Davis, Steve ^c   Heap, Michael ^d   Halls, David ^e   Fell, Gordon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c West of Scotland Water Authority   (United Kingdom)

^d East of Scotland Water   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Follow up; Water lead; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644407682     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006593225113     Document Type: Article

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