Rapid drop in infant blood lead levels during the transition to unleaded gasoline use in Santiago, Chile

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 182-187

  Pino, Paulina ^a   Walter, Tomás ^b   Oyarzún, Manuel J ^a   Burden, Matthew J ^c   Lozoff, Betsy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions; Gasoline; Infants; Lead poisoning

Indexed keywords

COTININE; GASOLINE; IRON; LEAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNLEADED GASOLINE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CARCINOGENS; CHILE; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRON; LEAD; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; OWNERSHIP; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 24944519345     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.4.182-187     Document Type: Article

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