Blood lead concentrations in children: New ranges

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 327, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 109-113

  Soldin, Offie Porat ^a,b,c   Hanak, Brian ^e   Soldin, Steven J ^a,c,d  

^a Soldin Res and Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Blood lead; Diurnal variations; Environmental exposure adverse effects; Environmental monitoring; Human; Lead poisoning epidemiology; Lead poisoning prevention and control; Pediatric; Urban

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BLOOD; DANGEROUS GOODS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 1842856213     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(02)00333-9     Document Type: Article

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