Effects of lead exposure on the human body and health implications;Os efeitos do chumbo sobre o organismo humano e seu significado para a saúde

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

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-129

  Moreira, Fátima Ramos ^a,b   Moreira, Josino Costa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

CARCINOGENICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENITAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LEAD POISONING; LIVER; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TERATOGENICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642486508     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892004000200007     Document Type: Review

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